By a strange coincidence Jefferson and his old rival John Adams both died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—July 4, 1826. On the evening of July 3, Jefferson was in bed, his life ebbing rapidly. "This is the Fourth?" he whispered

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by 燕婷 | 2013-12-17

Shortly before he left the White House, Roosevelt, planning a big-game hunting trip to Africa, heard that a famous white hunter was visiting Washington. He invited the man to come along and give him some advice. After a two-hour tête-à-tête the hunter cam

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by 燕婷 | 2013-12-17

Shortly before he left the White House, Roosevelt, planning a big-game hunting trip to Africa, heard that a famous white hunter was visiting Washington. He invited the man to come along and give him some advice. After a two-hour tête-à-tête the hunter cam

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by 燕婷 | 2013-09-30

By a strange coincidence Jefferson and his old rival John Adams both died on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—July 4, 1826. On the evening of July 3, Jefferson was in bed, his life ebbing rapidly. "This is the Fourth?" he whispered

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by 燕婷 | 2013-09-17

Chevy Chase, right, who made a career of President Ford's stumbles, jokes with the former president at a seminar on "Humor and the Presidency" in 1986.

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by 燕婷 | 2013-09-17

After his father took the presidential oath, Steven Ford remembers the family going back to its Virginia home for a few days because the Nixon clan leaving the White House had some packing to do.

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