MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1789, the first United States presidential election was
held and George Washington won with a unanimous vote.The above painting depicts Washington giving his first inaugural speech.
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President Clinton went on trial before the Senate on this day in 1999,
only the second time in U.S. history that an impeached president had gone to trial. Clinton was later acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice charges.
Bill Clinton emphatically denying having an affair with former
White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Bill Clinton during his grand jury deposition
in August 1998.
