112th Congress, 2nd Session
July 14, 1913
Representative and President Gerald R. Ford was born on this date, in Omaha, Nebraska.
April 14, 1965
On this date, Frank Mitchell became the first 20th-century, African-American Page in the U.S. House of Representatives.
August 12, 1974
On this date, President Gerald R. Ford addressed a Joint Session of Congress on the House Floor as the 38th President of the United States.
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