Latest articles by West Wing Reports
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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: 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: The White House gets a bowling alley
feature Although he wasn't much of a bowler, Truman began the tradition in 1947
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Today in history: A general's insubordination
feature In 1951, President Truman fired a popular general for his comments about the Korean War
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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: 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: The end of American neutrality in WWII
feature In 1941, President Roosevelt signed a bill to send supplies to countries fighting the Axis powers
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Today in history: Jimmy Carter's 'malaise' speech
feature He actually never even said the infamous word
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Today in history: The birth of the bachelor president
feature James Buchanan was the only president who never married
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Today in history: The shameful forced removal of Japanese-Americans
feature President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order to permit the forcible removal of Japanese-Americans from parts of the West Coast
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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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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: September 17
feature Today is the 151st anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history
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Today in history: The two-term limitation begins
feature In 1951, the 22nd Amendment was ratified, limiting U.S. presidents to two terms
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Today in history: The president moves to Washington, D.C.
feature John Adams was the first president to live in the nation's new capital
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Today in history: The Mayaguez incident
feature Eighteen U.S. servicemen were killed
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Today in history: November 19
feature In 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
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Today in history: The most sweeping domestic legislation in a century
feature Happy birthday, Civil Rights Act
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