Latest articles by West Wing Reports
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Today in history: August 16
feature In 1841, an effigy of President Tyler burned
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Today in history: September 17
feature Today is the 151st anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history
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Today in history: JFK is buried... again
feature President John F. Kennedy was buried a second time in 1967 — at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery that had to be specially constructed
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Today in history: The secret bombing of Cambodia
feature As the Vietnam War raged on, President Nixon decided to surreptitiously bomb a neighboring country
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Today in history: One of the greatest inaugural addresses in American history
feature In 1865, President Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address
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Today in history: The invention of 'first lady'
feature The term was first used to describe Lucy Hayes
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Today in history: The birth of the 'accidental president'
feature Gerald Ford was the only person in American history to become both vice president and president without ever being elected to either office
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Today in history: Barack Obama is born
feature Obama is the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win two presidential elections with a majority of the popular vote
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Today in history: Reagan jokes about bombing Russia
feature The move alarmed Soviet leaders
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Today in history: Clinton declares a national emergency
feature "Serbs out, peacekeepers in, refugees back"
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Today in history: The assassination of Lincoln
feature Abraham Lincoln was the first of four presidents to be killed while in office
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Today in history: FDR declares a national emergency
feature And declares once again that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
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Today in history: JFK is born
feature Happy birthday, Mr. President
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Today in history: The Mayaguez incident
feature Eighteen U.S. servicemen were killed
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Today in history: A president lies
feature And later admits it
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Today in history: December 12
feature In 2000, George W. Bush was declared President of the United States in a landmark Supreme Court decision
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Today in history: January 17
feature President Eisenhower coined the phrase "military-industrial complex"
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Today in history: A humiliating end to the Vietnam War
feature In 1975, President Gerald Ford ordered the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon as North Vietnamese troops closed in
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Today in history: America declares war on England
feature Think of it as America's second war of independence
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Today in history: The beginning of the Korean War
feature After the North invaded the South, President Truman acted quickly
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Today in history: The 'XYZ Affair'
feature In 1797, President John Adams dished details about a dispute with France that nearly led to war with Napoleon
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Today in history: Honoring one of America's greatest presidents
feature In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated
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Today in history: JFK sends federal marshals to Montgomery
feature Their mission was to keep order after race riots broke out
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Today in history: Nixon goes to Moscow
feature He was the first sitting president to visit the Soviet capital
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