On This Date In POTUS History
- 1859 John Brown led raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia to initiate an armed slave revolt.
- 1901 Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington and his family to dine at the White House.
- 1909 William H. Taft and Porfirio Díaz held a summit, a first between a U.S. and a Mexican president, and only narrowly escaped assassination.
- 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis began when Kennedy shown photos of missile bases under construction.
POTUS Quote
“If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.”
