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feature President John F. Kennedy said of the Berlin Wall, "A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war"

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feature And later admits it

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feature In Jefferson's words, they clashed like "fighting cocks"

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feature The Bay of Pigs was not Kennedy's finest moment

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feature Mere days before being murdered, President Lincoln reportedly dreamed of the assassination

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feature Eight months later, he was buried there

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feature The move alarmed Soviet leaders

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feature Jimmy Carter ordered the boycott in retaliation for the invasion of Afghanistan

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feature In 1846, President James Polk approved a controversial declaration of war

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feature In 1988, President Reagan gave a speech to Soviet students about freedom

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feature Ulysses S. Grant was also our 18th president

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feature In 1919, one of America's greatest presidents died

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feature In 1860, Abraham Lincoln decided to grow a beard

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feature In 1957, Dwight Eisenhower became the first U.S. president to ride in a helicopter

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feature In 1823, President James Monroe outlined the Monroe Doctrine

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feature In 1973, President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over nine secret White House recordings to a federal judge

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feature In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington

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feature Happy birthday, Mr. President

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feature In 1850, Millard Fillmore was sworn in

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feature Andrew Jackson started the 'Bank War'

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feature In 1901, President McKinley was shot

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