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62 unusual facts about White House


1898 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

During the Theodore Roosevelt administration a meeting was held at the White House with various college athletic officials in attendance to discuss the violence in football.

A Tuna Christmas

Sears and Williams did command performances of both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas at the White House for President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush.

Abbey Bartlet

She appears as a regular during the third through sixth seasons, despite the fact that there are many episodes in which she does not appear, a fact consistent with real life, where the First Lady must perform official duties all over the country and therefore cannot stay constantly with her husband at the White House.

Alexander Bliss

The resulting copy of Lincoln's speech, known as the Bliss Copy, is one of only five known manuscript versions of the Gettysburg Address; it is preserved and on display in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Angolan War of Independence

The aircraft were flown to Africa by John Richard Hawke – reportedly a former Royal Air Force-pilot – who on the start of one of the flights to Angola flew so low over the White House, that the United States Air Force forced him to land and he was arrested.

Ariyanatha Mudaliar

For example Rahm Emanuel, the former White House Chief of Staff, was also described as the Gate keeper to the Oval Office.

Aurora: Operation Intercept

In the film, it is being stolen by a Russian terrorist who tries to destroy the White House.

Bhai Baljeet Singh

The magic of this group extended to United States of America(U.S.A) in 2006 and they performed in Washington DC in an Interfaith concert at Pope John Paul Hall and at the White House, also they’ve spread their wings to many different cities in USA,Life changed for them when in 2007 they performed for The Sikh Gurudwara, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Bright Sheng

In 1999, the White House commissioned Sheng to compose a piece to honor the Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji at a state dinner hosted by President Bill Clinton.

Carterpuri

Till Carter was President, there was regular exchange of correspondence between the White House and the Village Council.

Chief Judge Fargo

After armed gangs stormed the White House and were able to avoid jail sentences by intimidating juries, Fargo outlined a New Deal to scrap the principle of due process and create a combined police and judicial force who could fairly dispense instant justice – the Judges.

Claude Grahame-White

On 14 October 1910 while in Washington, D.C. Grahame-White flew his Farman biplane over the city and landed on Executive Avenue near the White House.

Clayton K. Slack

In 1963 president John F Kennedy hosted a reunion of Medal of Honor recipients at the White House for the 100th anniversary of the first presentation of the Medal.

Corporate tax in the Netherlands

In 2009 the White House issued a press release in which the Netherlands were mentioned as tax haven.

Deborah Fiderer

Finally prevailed upon to do so by the White House staff, Bartlet expressed to Charlie an expectation that most of the proposed candidates would not meet with his approval.

Donna Moss

Her large White House office, which she was shocked to see, symbolizes her growth since the beginning of the series, when her place of work was a cubicle in Josh's bullpen.

Edward Hibberd Johnson

In 1895, U.S. President Grover Cleveland proudly sponsored the first electrically lit Christmas tree in the White House.

Ernest J. Wilson III

He was director of International Programs and Resources on the White House National Security Council (1993–1994); director of the Policy and Planning Unit, Office of the Director, U.S. Information Agency (1994); and deputy director of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission (1994–1995).

Festival Singers of Canada

The choir made its US debut in December 1967 at the White House.

GlobalHell

A few of the systems they broke into include those of United States Army, the White House, United States Cellular, Ameritech and the US Postal Service.

Harry S. Truman Historic District

He would live with family members in his early life, then the Wallace House, rented apartments and houses in Washington (including 4701 Connecticut Avenue), Blair House (the official state visitors residence), and the White House, but never a house that he had purchased.

Harvey Lembeck

President Lyndon Johnson chose this company to give a command performance at the White House.

Hitachiyama Taniemon

He met President Theodore Roosevelt and performed the yokozuna dohyō-iri (the yokozuna ring-entering ceremony) in the White House.

Honest Tea

In 2009, Honest Tea US got an unpaid endorsement when The New York Times revealed that the White House is now stocking Honest Tea, as it is President Barack Obama's preferred beverage- specifically, the "Black Forest Berry" and "Green Dragon" flavors.

Introduction to Outer Space

Introduction to Outer Space is a pamphlet about space exploration edited by the White House the 26 March 1958.

Ironwood Ridge High School

It was announced in May 2011 that in the Fall the Nighthawk Vanguard would be traveling to the White House in Washington, D. C..

James Shanahan

Following the end of the war, he returned to the United States to serve as an aide in the Truman White House.

Jay Meuser

His portrait of Roosevelt hung in the White House and he received a personal letter of thanks from the late president.

Jim Langer

In 2013, President Barack Obama honored the entire 1972 Perfect Season Dolphins at an event in the White House, but Langer declined to attend for political reasons.

Johnny Rutherford

Rutherford, whom has been invited to The White House on behalf of Indy on multiple occasions, is considered a popular ambassador and spokesman for the sport of Indy car racing.

Kostas Hatzis

It is worth noting that his fame as a singer for the peace has reached the White House and the then US President, Jimmy Carter invites him to meet him and congratulate him.

Koti Residency

The design is a palladian villa which is the same design followed by the builders of the United States White House when rebuilding it after being destroyed by the British in 1812.

Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

In 1837, Lewisberry native Hervey Hammond began manufacture of the patented Hammond window sash spring, and in 1838, President Martin Van Buren installed Hammond springs in all of the White House's windows.

Linconia

In August of that year, he invited a group of prominent African-Americans to the White House to discuss the plan.

Lou Chiozza

In the White House, president Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a button that lit up Crosley Field, where a crowd of 20,422 fans, sizable for a last-place team in the middle of the Great Depression, came out to watch the game.

Mandy Hampton

She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show, and the former girlfriend of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman, with whom she often clashed.

Message to the Grass Roots

He said the impetus behind the march was the masses of African Americans, who were angry and threatening to march on the White House and the Capitol.

Michael Ray Aquino

He contacted his friend Leandro Aragoncillo, a Philippine-born security specialist at the White House; however, Aragoncillo's efforts on Aquino's behalf eventually led to Aragoncillo's being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mikhail Matusovsky

He is famous for his lyric poems many of which became lyrics of the popular songs: "School Walz", "In the Damp Earth-Huts", "The Sacred Stone", "The Windows of Moscow", "Don't Forget" and "Moscow Nights" which was sung at the Moscow Youth Festival in 1957 and was played also by American pianist Van Cliburn in the White House in 1979, on the occasion of a visit by the former president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev.

Milan Hlavsa

In 1999, along with Lou Reed, the Plastic People of the Universe performed at the White House.

Millennium Development Goals

Attempts to increase U.S. political attention to the Millennium Development Goals include The Borgen Project which worked with then Senator Barack Obama on the Global Poverty Act, a bill requiring the White House to develop a strategy for achieving the goals.

Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent

The factory that produces the erasers used by the White House has stopped production; any attempts to contact the factory are met with bizarre puzzles.

NorthWind II

Her interior was decorated by Maison Jansen, the renowned French design firm whose clients included the John F. Kennedy White House, Coco Chanel, the Rockefellers, King Leopold II of Belgium, and the Shah of Iran.

Osborne Reef

The award recognizes "outstanding partnerships that make a significant contribution toward the restoration and protection of our Nation's coastal and marine environment" and is the only environmental award of its kind given by the White House.

Paul Derringer

On May 24 of that season, he started the first night game in major league history, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1; President Franklin D. Roosevelt turned on the stadium lights from the White House.

Put Down Your Whip

It became the most influential street play during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and was performed countless times throughout China, and even in the White House for President Roosevelt by the famous actress Wang Ying.

The great actress Wang Ying even performed an English version of the play in the White House for President Roosevelt, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and many diplomats.

Roy Nichols

Highlights include Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Gardens, the White House for one President, and the Summer White House for another President.

Scott Schoeneweis

He is actively involved in the Office of the White House National Drug Control Policy, encouraging students to say no to drugs.

Shanksville, Pennsylvania

The hijackers had intended to crash the airplane in Washington, D.C.; destroying either the Capitol or the White House.

SimCity DS

Real-world landmarks featured in SCDS include the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, White House, Grand Central Terminal, Palacio Real, Moai, Capitol Records Building, United Nations Headquarters and Hagia Sophia.

Sonia McMahon

Later that year, Sonia McMahon made world headlines after being photographed at the White House wearing a revealing dress in the company of her husband and United States president Richard Nixon.

Stanley Glenn

In February 1994, Stanley Glenn and several other players from the Negro Leagues were honored by Vice-President Al Gore at the White House.

The Abbey School, Faversham

In 2006, headteacher Peter Walker retired from his position to become Britain's official ambassador for drug testing and gave a presentation to John Walters, the director of the White House drug policy office.

The Hall of Presidents

Foner is responsible for writing the speech which President Clinton himself recorded at the White House.

The Silent Scream

The film was popular among people who opposed abortion, even being shown at the White House by then-President Ronald Reagan.

Tysons Corner Communications Tower

Another tower just south of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex in southern Pennsylvania relayed signals from these two backup sites to the Washington defense facilities, along with the Pentagon, White House, the State Department and other government facilities.

Ultimate Air Combat

The story begins when the White House calls an emergency meeting, where they reveal that the military dictator Don Gwano is using the high revenue from his large oil exports to fund his large army and navy.

United Nations Honour Flag

Harding made the acquaintance of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in December 1941 by presenting each with a Victory V symbol embossed in leather with the slogan Absolute Victory by delivery at the White House at a time of visitation by Churchill for the Arcadia Conference to sign the Declaration by United Nations.

Vincent Makori

Makori interviewed then president George W. Bush in 2003 and thereafter travelled with the president and the White House press corps on a five-nation trip to Africa.

Wes Borg

The show's advertising encourages patrons to "come learn about Canada's role in the burning of the White House and our successful war to keep American Democracy out of Canada."

Where Are You, Christmas?

In 2008, the song was performed by Kaitlyn Maher in a live show at The White House, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 4, 2008 which was attended by President George W. Bush.


1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

The White House, the United States presidential residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.

2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns

On May 6, the United States for the first time directly accused Russia of being behind the April 20 shootdown when White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said at a press briefing that the April 20 shootdown constituted a provocative step on the part of Russia.

355th Fighter Wing

In the television series The West Wing, White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry flew F-105s for the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing during the Vietnam War.

Annual Reminder

Activist Craig Rodwell conceived of the event following an April 17, 1965 picket at the White House by members of the New York City and Washington, D.C. chapters of the Mattachine Society, Philadelphia's Janus Society and the New York chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis.

Baltimore Municipal Airport

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill departed from "Baltimore Municipal Airport" on a 1942 British Overseas Airways Company (BOAC) flight (today it is "British Airways") after visiting President Franklin D. Roosevelt in what was at first, a secret trip to the White House in Washington, D.C. for Allied consultations shortly after America entered the War following the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor, on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

Betty Boop for President

Betty's campaign promises win the crowd over, and she is voted into the White House by a landslide.

David T. Johnson

In 1995, Johnson became Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs at the White House and Spokesman for the United States National Security Council.

EchoMail

EchoMail's core technology originated from VA Shiva Ayyadurai's invention for classifying inbound email for the U.S. White House, which was seeking a reliable encryption and classification system for U.S. President Bill Clinton's email.

Edward E. Willey, Jr.

His wife, Kathleen Willey, was a White House volunteer aide who later claimed to have been sexually assaulted by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton on November 29, 1993, four and one-half years earlier.

Florencio Morales Ramos

He sang for president John F. Kennedy at the White House on November 1961, in a showcase of Puerto Rican musical talent that complemented a visit by then governor Luis Muñoz Marín to Washington.

Frank H. Ono

In a ceremony at the White House on June 21, 2000, his surviving family was presented with his Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton.

GC-45 howitzer

The investigation did not go far, and active work on the case was ended by direct intervention of the White House.

Greater Tuna

Sears and Williams did command performances of both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas at the White House for President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush.

History of Pittsburgh's South Side

The location was so nationally recognized for production, Presidents Andrew Jackson and James Monroe ordered glass tableware for the White House from companies operating in the area.

James Pinkerton

A graduate of Peter Vanleslie High School and Stanford University (1980), he served on the White House staff under both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and on each of their presidential campaigns and in January 2008 became a senior adviser to the Mike Huckabee 2008 presidential campaign.

John McShain

Most notably, the company built or was the prime contractor for a number of landmark structures including The Pentagon, the Jefferson Memorial, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Library of Congress annex, Washington National Airport, and the 1950–51 reconstruction of the White House.

John R. Hanny

John R. Hanny is an United States chef, author, and political operative and is best known for working in the White House during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as a special consultant and for serving as a visiting chef for administrations from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton.

Katrina refrigerator

Some inscriptions advocated the refrigerator be sent to politicians whose response to the disaster were considered lacking, for example "Sent to the White House" or "Send to Blanco".

Landon Parvin

Parvin left the White House temporarily in 1985 to become executive assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K..

Landsat 8

In August 2004, a memorandum from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) directed Federal agencies to place Landsat-type sensors on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) platform.

Little Loomhouse

While visiting the Loomhouse, Mrs. Roosevelt bought woven mats that would see use in the White House.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Pavlichenko was sent to Canada and the United States for a publicity visit and became the first Soviet citizen to be received by a US President when Franklin Roosevelt welcomed her to the White House.

Marie Arana

For more than a decade she was the editor in chief of "Book World", the book review section of The Washington Post, during which time she instituted the partnership of The Washington Post with the White House (First Lady Laura Bush) and the Library of Congress (Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress) in hosting the annual National Book Festival on the Washington Mall.

Midge Costanza

Costanza caused controversy when she invited fourteen National Gay Task Force leaders and gay rights activists to the White House at the height of Anita Bryant's homophobic "Save Our Children" campaign.

Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile

50 Cent in Proofs verse the word "shit" is uncensored (even on the clean version) and in Eminem's verse the words White House and Cheney are censored on both Edited and Explicit versions

Organization of Chinese Americans

Interns have also met with members of various government agencies such as the United States Department of Justice, the United States Department of Defense, and even White House staff members and directors to discuss issues concerning civil rights and voting rights, especially as it pertains to the APIA community.

Paul Posnak

He has performed at the White House, the US Supreme Court, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Pershing Park

In November 1963, the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue proposed a master plan for the redevelopment of Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the White House to the United States Capitol.

Ptech

Ptech's roster of clients included several governmental agencies, including the United States Armed Forces, NATO, Congress, the Department of Energy, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Customs, the FAA, the IRS, the Secret Service, and the White House.

Renee Walker

During Juma's siege on the White House, Renee and Larry help coordinate the rescue operations and counterattack.

Rift Valley Academy

Having met with Hurlburt in the White House in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Kijabe shortly after leaving office four years later.

RoseMarie Panio

Panio was appointed to the NYS Watershed Protection and Partnership Council by Governor George Pataki, served on the White House Committee on Small Business, and also as Chairperson for the 19th Congressional District’s Senior Task Force.

Ruth Johnson Colvin

She was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on December 15, 2006, in the East Room of the White House.

Stephen M. Studdert

Stephen Mark Studdert (born 1948) served on the White House staff as Advisor to United States Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford.

Taj El-Din Hilaly

In his speech, he also predicted that Muslims would control the White House and appeared to support Hezbollah.

The Abandonment of the Jews

The issue was raised at a White House conference on March 27, 1943 of top American and British wartime leaders, including President Roosevelt, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, presidential advisor Harry Hopkins, and the British Ambassador to Washington, Lord Halifax.

The Return of Captain Nemo

The story opens with a transmission received by the White House from the renegade Professor Cunningham, who threatens Washington DC with Nuclear destruction from a missile fired from his submarine Raven.

Timeline of the Saffron Revolution

White House foreign affairs spokesman Gordon Johndroe said "The United States strongly condemns the atrocities committed by the junta and calls for a full investigation into the death of Win Shwe during his detention in Burma. The junta must stop the brutal treatment of its people and peacefully transition to democracy or face new sanctions from the United States."

United States Air Force Honor Guard

Ceremonies include those for visiting dignitaries and military officials, funerals for deceased Air Force personnel and their dependents, wreath-laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, White House arrival ceremonies, receptions, and other state and military occasions which comprise the Honor Guards of all five armed services (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard).

Vestal Goodman

The Happy Goodmans won multiple Grammy and Dove awards, charted 15 #1 hit songs including “I Wouldn’t Take Nothin’ For My Journey Now," and performed more than 3,500 concerts, including performing at the White House for President Jimmy Carter in 1979.