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2013 Event - All living former U.S. Presidents, including George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, are present for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas

2013 Event - An investigation is taking place over recent hacking incident involving a hacker gaining access to the email accounts of former President George H. W. Bush, his friends and relatives

2013 Event - After more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis, former U.S. President George H. W. Bush is released from The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas

2013 Event - Bush fires burn out of control in Tasmania, Australia, leaving thousands stranded

2008 Event - President George W. Bush signs the 700 billion dollar TARP program into law

2005 Event - Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush

2005 Event - George W. Bush is inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States

2004 Event - President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director

2004 Event - George W. Bush wins a second term as U.S. president, winning 51% of the popular vote

2004 Event - The Republican party nominates George W. Bush as its presidential candidate

2004 Event - Former President George H. W. Bush celebrates his 80th birthday by skydiving

2003 Event - President George W. Bush declares that 'major combat operations' in Iraq are over

2003 Event - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)

2002 Event - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil'

2001 Event - George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States

2000 Event - Al Gore concedes presidential election, George W. Bush named president

2000 Event - Al Gore wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote to George W. Bush

2000 Event - The Republican party nominates George W. Bush to run for president

1997 Death - Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12

1995 Death - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94

1995 Death - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83

1992 Event - President Bush pardons Caspar Weinberger in Iran-contra affair

1992 Death - Dorothy Walker Bush, mother of President George Bush, dies at 91

1992 Event - Bill Clinton wins U.S. presidential election over President Bush

1992 Event - 1st overturn of a George Bush veto (cable bill)

1992 Event - President Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch

1992 Event - Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford

1992 Event - President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees

1992 Event - Polls show Perot, Bush and Clinton could be in a deadlock

1992 Event - George Bush gets ill and vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap

1992 Event - Bush is 1st U.S. President to address Australian Parliament

1991 Event - Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas

1991 Event - President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert

1991 Event - President Bush declares recession is near an end

1991 Event - President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game

1991 Event - President Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat

1991 Event - Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over"

1991 Event - Bush and U.S. Gulf War allies give Iraq 24 hours to begin Kuwait withdrawal

1991 Event - U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq

1991 Event - Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq

1990 Event - Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks

1990 Event - Bush proposes U.S. - Iraq meeting to avoid war

1990 Event - George Bush visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia

1990 Event - President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990

1990 Event - President Bush at U.N., condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait

1990 Event - "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

1990 Event - South African president F W de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington D.C.

1990 Event - Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush

1990 Event - George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki

1990 Event - Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait

1990 Event - President Bush calls up military reserves

1990 Event - President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act

1990 Event - President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal

1989 Event - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush

1989 Event - President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama

1989 Event - George W. Bush and Edward W. Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers

1989 Event - Senate rejects George H. W. Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary

1989 Event - Bush inaugurated as 41st president and Quayle becomes 44th vice pres

1989 Event - Vice President Bush is 1st since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself president

1988 Event - North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial

1988 Event - George Bush beats Mike Dukakis for presidency

1988 Event - George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate

1988 Event - Republicans nominate George H. W. Bush for president

1988 Event - Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair

1984 Event - Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old

1984 Event - Vice President candidate debate-Graldine Ferraro (D) and George Bush (R)

1984 Event - Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush

1984 Birthday - Lauren Bush, born in Houston, Texas, fashion model, environmentalist, niece, President George W. Bush

1982 Birthday - Sophia Bush, American Actress

1981 Birthday - Jenna Bush, American Celebrity

1977 Event - George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA

1976 Event - George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)

1973 Birthday - Devin Bush, NFL strong safety for the Atlanta Falcons

1971 Birthday - Billy Bush, American Entertainer

1971 Birthday - Paul Bettany, born in Shepherd's Bush, England, actor, films include, 'A Beautiful Mind', 'The Heart of Me'

1969 Birthday - Lewis Bush, NFL outside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers

1963 Birthday - John Bush, U.S. heavy metal singer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous

1958 Birthday - Kate Bush, born in Plumstead, England, singer and songwriter, Wild Things

1957 Birthday - Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian, Ronald Reagan, George Bush

1956 Birthday - Marvin Bush, American Celebrity

1955 Birthday - Neil Bush, American Businessman

1953 Birthday - Jeb Bush, politician, born in Midland, Texas, 43rd Governor of Florida, younger brother of former President George W. Bush

1950 Birthday - Karl Rove, born in Denver, Colorado, Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush, author, 'Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight'

1946 Birthday - Laura Bush, American First Lady

1946 Birthday - George W. Bush, two-term American president 2000-2008

1945 Event - Future president George Bush marries Barbara Pierce in Rye NY

1944 Event - During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane

1942 Birthday - Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary, George Bush

1941 Birthday - Dick Cheney, born in Lincoln Nebraska, Representative-R-Wyoming 1979 - 1989, George H. W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, 1989 - 1993, vice president 2001 - 2009

1935 Birthday - Johnny Bush, country singer

1934 Birthday - Bob Martinez, born in America, served as Mayor of Tampa, Florida and 40th Governor of Florida, initiated Preservation 2000, America's largest environmental land acquisition program, appointed Drug Czar by President George H.W. Bush

1933 Birthday - Ann Richards, born in Lakeview, Texas, American politician, Democrat, Governor of Texas, second female governor of Texas, defeated for re-election by future U.S. President George W. Bush

1925 Birthday - Barbara Bush, Rye, New York, 1st lady, 1989-93

1924 Birthday - George H. W. Bush, Massachusetts, 43rd Vice President 1981 - 1989, 41st President 1989 - 1993

1922 Event - Browns George Sisler's 41-game hit streak is stopped by New York's Joe Bush

1920 Birthday - Geoffrey Bush, composer

1916 Event - Philadelphia A's Bullet Joe Bush no-hits Cleveland, 5-0

1912 Birthday - Eddie J Bush, golf professional

1905 Birthday - Kenneth Rexroth, U.S., poet, critic and translator Birds in the Bush

1900 Birthday - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher

1895 Birthday - Prescott Bush, American Politician

1894 Birthday - Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics

1890 Birthday - Vannevar Bush, American Scientist

1815 Birthday - Israel Bush Richardson, Major General Union volunteers













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