On This Date In POTUS History
- 1783 General George Washington issued a proclamation officially disbanding the Continental Army.
- 1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd.
- 1946 George W. Bush's wife, Laura Bush, born.
- 1981 Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.
POTUS Quote
“Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.”
