The History Daily - An Entertaining Look Back By Trevor Smith and Charles Smith
September 22, 2004 on this day: In 1919, suffering from exhaustion, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson abandoned a public tour of the United States designed to build support for U.S. membership in the League of Nations. A few days after returning to the White House he suffered a stroke and spent his remaining time in office as an invalid. As with many U.S. presidents, the demands of the office took a heavy toll on Wilson's physical and emotional well-being. After his stroke Wilson saw few people, and conducted most of his official business through his wife. Wilson died in 1924. Premium Subscribers read more! If you had the Premium Version you would read about the life of Shaka Zulu. You would also read about the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War, and there is more! Upgrade today at http://www.historydaily.com/premium.html . Also on this day: In 1964 U.S. President John Kennedy established the Peace Corps. In 1985 the first Farm Aid concert raised ten million dollars for America's family farmers. Here is the Farm Aid website: http://www.farmaid.org Correction: Yesterday I noted that Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1918. This was a typo. The year was 1981. YESTERDAY'S QUESTION AND ANSWER: Who succeeded Suleiman I as Ottoman sultan? It was Selim II. Melissa Speiss sent the correct answer first. TODAY'S QUESTION: Who was Woodrow Wilson's second wife? Send your answer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith --- You are currently subscribed to historydaily2 as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe click on the link below: http://go.netatlantic.com:8080/cgi-bin/unsubscribe.pl?id=32085219I
