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January 20: Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, begins his second term. January 20: Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, begins his second term. January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...
December 2 – President Clinton announced the appointment of Togo D. West, Jr. as Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Roosevelt Room of the White House during the morning [105] and signed the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, "the first Amtrak reauthorization since 1992 and the most comprehensive restructuring ...
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe; born August 19, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.
January 20, 1997 — President Clinton and Vice President Gore begin their second terms. 1997 — Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. 1998 — In the 1998 United States elections, the Republicans hold both the House and the Senate.
Notable best presidents include George Washington at No.2, Thomas Jefferson at No. 7, and Barack Obama at No. 12.
1997 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar ... January 20 – Bill Clinton is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.