On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress
to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I.
In his address to Congress that day, Wilson lamented it is a
fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war.
Four days later, Congress obliged and declared war on
Germany.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)
On April 1, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon signed a
measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and
television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
Nixon, who was an avid pipe smoker, indulging in as
many as eight bowls a day, supported the legislation
at the increasing insistence of public health advocates.
ROSS SIMPSON
Eric Patrick Clapton is an English rock and blues guitarist,
singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most
successful and influential guitarists in rock music. He
ranked second in Rolling Stone‘s list of the "100 Greatest
Guitarists of All Tim’‘ and fourth in Gibson‘s "Top 50
Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five
in Time magazine’s list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar
Players" in 2009. Clapton is 78 years old today.
On March 26, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson attended a party
at the Senate and lead a diverse crowd in consuming an enormous
loaf of bread dubbed the mammoth loaf. The giant bread was baked
to go with the remnants of an enormous block of cheese.
Two years earlier, a group of Baptist women from Massachusetts
had sent Jefferson a 1,200- pound hunk of cheese in gratitude
for his support of religious tolerance.
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)
On March 22, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the
Beer and Wine Revenue Act. This law levies a federal tax on all
alcoholic beverages to raise revenue for the federal government
and gives individual states the option to further regulate the sale
and distribution of beer and wine.
