On This Date In POTUS History
- 1861 Theodore Roosevelt's wife, Edith Roosevelt, born.
- 1914 Woodrow Wilson's wife, Ellen Wilson, died.
- 1945 Atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima and later announced by Harry S. Truman.
- 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.
- 2009 Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, confirmed by the Senate.
POTUS Quote
“I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.”
