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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, New York.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower is born
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Ronald Reagan is born.
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Future president Richard Nixon is born.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy is born.
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FDR defeats incumbent Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential race.
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Roosevelt sent Congress a record number of bills in order to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression, marking the beginning of his First New Deal.
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FDR begins his Second New Deal including the WPA, Social Security, and the Wagner Act
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FDR destroys Republican Alf Landon in the second largest popular vote win since 1820.
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FDR causes controversy after breaking tradition by running for a third presidential term. He would go on to beat Wendell Wilkie.
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Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which relocated hundreds of thousands of the "Issei" (first generation of Japanese immigrants who did not have U.S. citizenship) and their children, "Nisei" (who had dual citizenship). They were forced to give up their properties and businesses, and transported to hastily built camps in interior, harsh locations.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and other allied countries undertake the invasion of Normandy, France, in order to liberate France from German occupation.
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George W. Bush is born
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Bill Clinton is born.
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Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson in the '52 elections.
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Eisenhower saw a need to improve American Transportation and thus implemented the Interstate Highway System
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Eisenhower successfully runs for re-election.
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Eisenhower begins the Space Age by creating NASA
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John F. Kennedy defeats Nixon in the 1960 presidential race.
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JFK establishes the Peace Corps by signing executive order 10924.
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JFK orders the Bay of Pigs invasion in attempts to overthrow dictator Fidel Castro
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Barack Hussein Obama II is born in Honolulu.
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John F. Kennedy prevents full scale nuclear war in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Kennedy is shot while riding in a Dallas motercade.
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Former president Richard Nixon defeats Herbert Humphrey in the 1968 elections.
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The United States wins the Space Race, becoming the first country to land on the moon.
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The Nixon presidency was the first administration to witness large scale desegregation of schools, and by 1970, less than 10 percent of black kids went to public schools.
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Relations between the US and China begin to normalize as Nixon visits China.
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Nixon resigns as president as the Watergate Scandal unfolds.
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Nixon ends the 20 year involvement in Vietnam when he brings US troops home.
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Reagan destroys opponent Jimmy Carter on the electoral map and becomes president.
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On March 30, 1981, only 69 days into the new administration, Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty, and Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy were struck by gunfire from would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton hotel.
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Reagan announces a War on Drugs in 1982, in response to concerns about the increasing crack epidemic.
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The Reagan Administration goes under fire as the Iran Contra scandal unfolds.
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Berlin is reunited when Ronald Reagan orders Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall!"
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Bill Clinton wins over incumbent George H.W. Bush
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President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act. The law, which covers over 42 million Americans, offers workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-guaranteed leave for child birth, adoption, or personal or family illness.
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President Clinton signs the Brady Bill which mandated background checks and waiting periods for purchasing firearms.
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Clinton's Crime Bill provides 100,000 new police officers, $9.7 Billion in funding, and bans assault weapons.
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Bill Clinton resumes office as he beats Bob Dole in the '96 elections.
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Bush defeats Gore in the controversial 2000 presidential race. He won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote.
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Bush signs the Patriot Act in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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President George W. Bush invades Iraq under the false pretenses that Sudaam Hussein possessed nuclear weapons.
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Bush is re-elected after beating Democrat John Kerry
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The senate passes Obama's multi-billion dollar stimulus package in order to end the recession.
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History is made when Barack Obama becomes the first Black President.
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President Obama signs his signature legislation into law, the Affordable Care Act (Otherwise known as Obamacare).
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Obama signs a modern day Glass-Steagall, known as Dodd-Frank, in order to regulate banks that caused the recession
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Obama orders Seal Team-Six to eliminate Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden
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President Obama re-assumes office after winning against Mitt Romney.
