On This Date In POTUS History
- 1960 Soviet Union shot down a U.S. U-2 spy plane and captured the pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
- 2003 George W. Bush delivered a speech aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln declaring "major combat operations in Iraq have ended."
POTUS Quote
“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
