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.

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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?

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Copyright 2004 Trevor Smith

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