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This Day 1924. Woodrow Wilson, President from 1913 to 1921, was buried at Washington National Cathedral
This Day, 1911. Ronald Reagan was born. 40th President, served 1981-89; elected in two massive landslides: 489 and 525 electoral votes. A Vanity Fair poll (2010) said President Reagan was the choice of Republicans for a fifth face on Mt. Rushmore (Democrats opted for JFK)
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Ronald Reagan was the first President (future) WWR ever saw. Here he is with Mrs. Reagan and dog Lucky on South Lawn. It is believed he carried a gun in his briefcase (Photo/Future WWR)
Did you know: President Reagan and President Obama had the same official photographer? The incomparable @PeteSouza
Many good books about President Reagan. This book by Lou Cannon - who covered him as both Governor and President - is probably the best
Reagan's presidency represented an inflection point in American history. Excerpt from "Under This Roof,” the 2015 book by WWRs Paul Brandus:
A 2017 survey of historians by @CSPAN ranked Reagan as the 9th greatest President. His best quality: "Public Persuasion" (#5); his worst: "Administrative Skills" (#33)
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President Ford turned this Feb. 11, 1935 offer from the Green Bay Packers down, and another from the Lions. He joked that if he had played in the NFL, he might have become famous. People incorrectly think he was a klutz; in fact, Ford was arguably the most athletic of presidents
The paranoid, conspiracy crowd that is currently in power? Americans have seen it before. This day in 1950, delusional Wisc. Sen. Joseph McCarthy told Pres. Truman that communists were running amok in Washington. One of McCarthy's closest aides later became a top mentor to Trump
One ominous difference between the destructive and anti-American McCarthy era and the present: McCarthy was a mere senator. At first terrified of him, the Washington establishment soon tired of his rantings and delusion; he was censured and died humiliated and alone at age 48
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A war in Vietnam? “I cannot conceive of a greater tragedy for America than to get heavily involved now in an all-out war,” said President Eisenhower - on this day in 1954. The five-star General's wisdom would sadly be lost on future presidents
A major flaw in the Constitution was fixed - on this day in 1967 - with the ratification of the 25th Amendment. After John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, VP Lyndon Johnson became president—but no one replaced Johnson as VP. For 14 months, the U.S. had no vice president /1
The 25th amendment said: “Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.” The amendment would quickly come in handy /2
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In speeches and lectures (including seven presidential libraries), I'm ofteh asked to tell a story to illustrate just how @RealDonaldtrump differs from his predecessors. One story from October 1962 comes to mind
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Some 100 million Americans—then more than half the population—would have been killed. And it came very close to happening. That’s the estimate often given about the Cuban Missile Crisis, the dangerous showdown that nearly led to nuclear war with the Soviet Union in 1962
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The Kennedy administration had the goods on the Soviets. U.S. spy planes had reconnaissance photos of missile sites in Cuba—just 90 miles from Florida—their nuclear tipped missiles nearly ready to be fired.
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