Washington 1789-1797 — Powered wigs became unfashionable (1794)

J. Adams 1797-1801 — Thermos bottle was invented (1797)

Jefferson 1801-1809 — Lewis and Clark explored the West (1803)

Cleveland 1885-1889 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated (1886)

T. Roosevelt 1901-1909 — Wright brothers made first airplane flight (1903)

Wilson 1913-1921 — Women got the right to vote (1920)

Coolidge 1923-1929 — Mickey Mouse cartoon first appeared (1928)

Truman 1945-1953 — NATO was established (1949)

Eisenhower 1953-1961 — Alaska & Hawaii became states (1959)

Nixon 1969-1974 — US astronauts first set foot on the moon (1969)

Clinton 1993-2001 — US/USSR linked Mir with Space Shuttle (1995)