But George W. Bush is not the first chief executive accused of being an imperial president. That's a distinction that belongs to our seventh president, Andrew Jackson â and how Jackson acquired the power that led his enemies to label him King Andrew I has enormous relevance to the modern presidency. (Illustration by Web Bryant, USA TODAY)
The Beatlesâ First Concert in the US, February 1964 Washington, DC The Beatlesâ first visit to the US came at a time of great popularity in Britain. The bandâs UK commercial breakthrough, in late 1962, had been followed by a year of successful concerts and tours.
The text of the first page of Ronald Reagan 's first State of the Union Address, given January 26, 1982. Calvin Coolidge 's 1923 speech was the first to be broadcast on radio. Harry S. Truman 's 1947 address was the first to be broadcast on television. Lyndon B. Johnson 's address in 1965 was the first delivered in the evening. Three years later, in 1968, television networks in the United States, for the first time, imposed no time limit for their coverage of a State of the Union address.