Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874)
On July 10, 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore is sworn in
as the 13th president of the United States. President Zachary
Taylor had died the day before, five days after falling ill with
a severe intestinal ailment on the Fourth of July.
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850)
George W. Bush is shown climbing the steps to his Texas National Guard fighter plane. He was inducted into the
Texas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2017.
On July 6, 1946, George Walker Bush—the son of 41st U.S.
President George Herbert Walker Bush—was born in New
Haven, Connecticut. He went on to become the 43rd U.S.
president.
(FOX NEWS) – An intimate testament to love and to home
written and signed by Founding Father John Adams was
sold for $40,000 by auction house Raab Collection on Wednesday.
The romantic side of president Adams was revealed in
newly discovered wedding album held privately by
family for nearly 200 years.
A "friendship album" compiled by 19-year-old bride-to-be
Ellen Maria Brackett of Quincy, Massachusetts.
Paintings of former President John Adams, right, and his
wife Abigail Adams, are displayed at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Massachusetts.
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994)
On June 28, 1972, President Nixon (above) announced that no
more draftees will be sent to Vietnam unless they volunteer
for such duty. He also announced that a force of 10,000 troops
would be withdrawn by September 1, which would leave a
total of 39,000 in Vietnam.
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)
Future president Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower was appointed commanding general of the European Theater on this day in
history, June 25, 1942.
