MIKE GRACIA
On this day in 1971, President Nixon announced that he’d sent Henry Kissinger to China and that the result of these meetings was an agreement for a presidential trip to China to seek a ‘’normalization
of relations.”
President Nixon shakes hands with Premier Chou En-lai of the
People’s Republic of China.
President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon Visiting the
Great Wall of China.
SANDY KOZEL
On this day in 1927, Charles A. Lindberg completed the first solo
nonstop airplane flight from New York, crossing the Atlantic Ocean
and landing his Spirit of St. Louis in Paris France.
ROSS SIMPSON
On this day in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation. It was the first of the "Fireside
Chats." He used the informal radio addresses to explain his policies
to the American public.
The Girl Scout organization was founded on this day in 1912 by
Juliette Gordon Low (above) (1860-1927). The original name was
Girl Guides.
A meeting in 1912 with Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of
Boy Scouts, inspired Juliette to establish Girl Scouts that same
year. The first gathering was a small troop of 18 culturally and
ethnically diverse girls. The organization serves millions of girl
members today.
DAVID MELENDY
On this day in 1933, the 32nd United States President, Franklin D.
Roosevelt (center) was sworn in and gave his inauguration speech
during the worst crisis America had faced since the Civil War. By
early 1933, the U.S. economy had sunk to its lowest point in the
period known at the Great Depression. In Roosevelt’s speech he
said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
MIKE GRACIA
(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer and politician. He served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in
April 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the Civil War, its bloodiest
war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. He preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the government,
and modernized the economy.
On May 18, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was
nominated as the Republican candidate
for President of the United States.
On this day in 1999, the U.S. Senate voted on whether to remove President Bill Clinton from office following an impeachment trial
which lasted five-weeks. Clinton was acquitted on both articles
of impeachment. On the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats
and 10 Republicans voted “not guilty”and on the charge of
obstruction of justice the Senate was split 50-50.
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After the trial concluded, President Clinton said he was “profoundly sorry” for the burden his behavior imposed on Congress and the American people.
President Clinton heads back to the Oval Office after making his statement to the press.
