First Lady of the United States Timeline of Events

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First Lady of the United States

First Lady of the United States is the title of the hostess of the White House. Because this position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, the title is most often applied to the wife of a sitting president. The current first lady is Michelle Obama.-Current:The current first lady is Michelle Obama, wife of Barack Obama...

Timeline of Events

1954

1.21.1954

The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.

1962

2.14.1962

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy takes television viewers on a tour of the White House.

1968

10.20.1968

Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

2000

11.7.2000

Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.