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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ON THIS DAY IN 1968

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President Lyndon Johnson, concerned that he might not live through another four- 
year term, shocked the nation when he announced at the end of a speech that he
would not run for re-election.

 

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PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1837

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Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)

Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States  
and is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office 
(1885-1889 and 1893-1897) and is therefore the only individual to 
be counted twice in the numbering of presidents.

Grover Cleveland was the only Democrat elected to the presidency
in the era of Republican political domination that lasted from 1861
to 1913.

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The Grover Cleveland Presidential Dollar (First Term) 
will be the second release of the year and the twenty-
second release for the series overall.

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NINTH PRESIDENT BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1773

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            William Henry Harrison  (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841)

Harrison was the ninth President of the United States beginning on March 4, 1841
and was the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, and 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980. Harrison was  
also the last President to be born before the U.S. Declaration of Independence. He
died of complications from pneumonia.
 

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RONALD REAGAN’S BIRTHDAY

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Ronald Reagan, 12 years old

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1951

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Ronald Reagan as host of GE Theater on CBS (1954-1962)

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President Reagan

          Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

Ronald Reagan was the 49th President of the United States,serving from 1981 to
1989. Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and
a radio, film and television actor.

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INAUGURATION DAY IN 1961

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In 1937,Franklin Delano Roosevelt (center) was the first American President
to be inaugurated on the 20 of January.

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