| 1924/02/03 |
Calvin Coolidge |
US President |
In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the ... the people of the United States, I do hereby direct that the flags of the White House and of the several departmental buildings be displayed at half-staff for a period of 30 days. - CC |
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President Woodrow Wilson's Funeral |
| 1942/02/19 |
Franklin D Roosevelt |
President |
Franklin D Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing military commanders to relocate "any or all persons" at their discretion. |
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Internment of Americans with Foreign Enemy Ancestry |
| 1942/02/19 |
Franklin D Roosevelt |
President |
Franklin D Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing military commanders to relocate "any or all persons" at their discretion. |
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Aleut Evacuation and Internment |
| 1963/06/00 |
John F Kennedy |
President |
Film makers follow JFK during the Integration of the University of Alabama |
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment |
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| 1988/08/10 |
Ronald Reagan |
President |
President Reagan signs a bill apologizing to Japanese-Americans for their internment and offering each surviving detainee a $20,000 tax-free payment. The bill includes $12,000 to each Aleutian Islander and $21.4 million for their loss of property. |
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Internment of Americans with Foreign Enemy Ancestry |
| 1988/08/10 |
Ronald Reagan |
President |
President Reagan signs a bill apologizing to Japanese-Americans for their internment and offering each surviving detainee a $20,000 tax-free payment. The bill includes $12,000 to each Aleutian Islander and $21.4 million for their loss of property. |
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Aleut Evacuation and Internment |
| 1995/11/00 |
William Jefferson Clinton |
Sugar Daddy |
Twenty two-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, enjoys sexual acts with 49-year-old President Bill Clinton. The amorous pair will have eight sexual encounter by March 1997. |
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| 1997/02/28 |
William Jefferson Clinton |
Sugar Daddy |
In the study next to the Oval Office, Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky engage in sex. Clinton also gives her a hat pin and Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." Lewinsky will later discover that the blue dress she is wearing is stained with Clinton's semen. |
Leaves of Grass (book) |
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| 2014/02/07 |
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"Burly Cobb's House, South Truro" and "Cobb's Barns, South Truro" are installed at the Oval Office, on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art. |
Cobb's Barns, South Truro |
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| 2021/01/20 |
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In the Oval Office, US President Joe Biden signs 15 executive orders on his first day in office, including one rejoining the Paris Agreement. The first 5 US Presidents signed a combined total of 15 executive orders. |
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Climate Change |
| 2022/12/08 |
Democratic Party |
Privilege |
Joined by Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, President Biden signs a $36 billion bailout to prevent cuts to the pensions of about 357,000 union workers, or about $100,840 for each retiree. |
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