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pbsthisdayinhistory: NOVEMBER 29: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER TRAVELS TO KOREA, 1952 On this day in 1952, President Dwight Eisenhower made good on a presidential campaign promise and traveled to Korea. On the campaign trail, Eisenhower had promised Americans that he would personally travel to the country to find a solution to end the Korean War. The war would be over the following year. Last year’s...

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“There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth and I appreciate you being here this...”

– President John F. Kennedy A light rain was falling on Friday morning, November 22, but a crowd of several thousand stood in the parking lot outside the Texas Hotel where the Kennedys had spent the night. A platform was set up and the president, wearing no protection against the weather, came out to...

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npr: pbsthisdayinhistory: NOVEMBER 17: “I AM NOT A CROOK” - NIXON, 1973 On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon famously uttered the words “I’m not a crook.” The President gave this televised speech amidst the damaging revelations from the Watergate investigations that eventually prompted him to resign from the presidency. Listen to Nixon’s famous speech in this scene from American...

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