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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
For many Americans still reeling from President Kennedy's murder, the arrival of the Beatles - just ten weeks later - was a helpful distraction. For $2 you could have seen their first official U.S. concert here in Washington - this day in 1964
The Beatles-JFK connection is interesting. The first time they were on TV in America was NOT on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, but on November 21, 1963 - the night before Kennedy's assassination /2
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Bizarre but true: After Kennedy's assassination, the new president, Lyndon Johnson, once tried to get the Beatles to visit JFK's grave with him. The band's manager turned the president down
Bizarre but true: After Kennedy's assassination, the new president, Lyndon Johnson, once tried to get the Beatles to visit JFK's grave with him. The band's manager turned the president down
This Day, 2017: The minions in President Trump's press office (most of the 2017 crowd is gone) didn't want pool pictures of the boss playing golf. So they taped up windows at Trump's Fla. golf course
