On This Date In POTUS History
- 1941 While the U.S. was still neutral, the USS Kearney torpedoed by German submarine.
- 1957 Queen Elizabeth met Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House during her first state visit to the U.S. as queen.
- 1978 Jimmy Carter signed bill restoring U.S. citizenship rights to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
- 1979 Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating the Department of Education.
POTUS Quote
“America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.”
