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08
Jan
PAST EVENTS THAT BECAME HISTORY
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07
Jan
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL BEGAN ON THIS DAY
On January 7, 1999, the impeachment trial of President
Bill Clinton, formally charged with lying under oath and
obstructing justice, began in the Senate.
As instructed in Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution,
Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist was
sworn in to preside, and the senators were sworn in
as jurors.
Congress had only attempted to remove a president on
one other occasion: the 1868 impeachment trial of
President Andrew Johnson, who incurred the Republican
Party’s wrath after he had proposed a conservative
Reconstruction plan.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist (top left) swearing in senators.
February 12, 1999.
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03
Jan
FOUNDATION FOUNDED ON THIS DAY
The two founders: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (left)
meeting with Basil O’Connor over a sack of dimes.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later
renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938.
A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century,
polio wreaked havoc among American children every summer.
Roosevelt managed to keep his disease out of the public eye,
yet his personal experience inspired in him an empathy with
the handicapped and prompted him to the found the March
of Dimes.
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02
Jan
CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED
”I am announcing today my candidacy for the Presidency
of the United States.”
John F. Kennedy officially announced his run for President on
January 2, 1960, via a written statement to the press, sparking
extensive newspaper coverage detailing his vision for American leadership, addressing concerns about his Catholic faith, and highlighting issues like the Cold War and economic vitality,
as seen in clippings preserved by the JFK Library.
Major newspapers covered his declaration, which framed the
presidency as crucial for global freedom and promised an
energetic, outward-looking America, setting the stage for
his eventual nomination and narrow victory over Richard
Nixon.
02
Jan
NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT SIGNED INTO LAW
On January 2, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon (above) signs
the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, setting a
new national maximum speed limit.
Prior to 1974, individual states set speed limits within their
boundaries and highway speed limits across the country
ranged from 40 mph to 80 mph.
The U.S. and other industrialized nations enjoyed easy
access to cheap Middle Eastern oil from 1950 to 1972,
but the Arab-Israeli conflict changed that dramatically
in 1973.
Beyond fuel savings, the NMSL significantly lowered the
national traffic fatality rate, becoming a road safety tool
as well.
Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., and NHSA Administrator
Joan Claybrook, President Jimmy Carter and Secretary
of Transportation Brock Adams, unveiling a promotional
speed limit poster in the Oval Office, 1977 (Jimmy Carter Presidential Library/NARA)
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