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Michael Beschloss

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Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Called "normally sober" by Financial Times. X address is @BeschlossDC. Born in Chicago.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Feb 13

In honor of Monday's Presidents Day and its fabled mattress sales, here is a photograph of President Truman’s White House mattress in 1952:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Feb 6

Born 130 years ago today, Babe Ruth at first game in New York City’s new Yankee Stadium, 1923:

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Jan 6

VP Harris and Speaker Johnson chat as the January 6 certification is about to get underway.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Jan 4

Today 1961:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 30

Carter was first US President born in hospital.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 29

Joined @NBCNews special report on passing of President Carter: youtube.com/watch?v=RpSWVHHgQaw @

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 29

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 29

What I said about the Carter marriage: "When Jimmy Carter was told that he was very sick...he was told, probably the best thing is for you to go into the hospital...Carter said, 'No, I want to be home, and be in bed with Rosalynn, and just sit holding hands.'"

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 28

Nixon suddenly flies to Los Angeles by commercial airliner, a first for an incumbent President. reported fifty-one years ago yesterday by New York Times:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 26

New York Times today 1991:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 26

Boston tonight:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 25

Christmas 1954 menu at Alcatraz Prison included playing of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 23

General George Washington and his Army arrived Valley Forge this week 1777:

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Henry Winkler @hwinkler4real.bsky.social · Dec 16

We should all follow you ! Happy holidays

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Nov 19

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thanks to my almost eighty thousand new followers in five weeks, with help from obvious Bluesky surge.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thanks to my almost eighty thousand new followers in five weeks, with help from obvious Bluesky surge.

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 14

Sunrise in DC this morning:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 14

Harry Truman flips coin at Army-Navy Game 1950:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 14

George Washington died 225 years ago tonight at Mount Vernon. Anxious about being buried alive, he told his aide, “Do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead. Do you understand?”

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 9

Excellent news and well deserved. Congrats, Ali!!

Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 9

Marketing Seven-Up for infants, 1955:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 8

Pat Nixon and Justin Trudeau, 1972:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 8

As first U.S. President to visit Damascus, Nixon with Hafez al-Assad, 1974:

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Michael Beschloss @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social · Dec 8

Seven weeks before resigning the Presidency, Richard Nixon and his wife Pat fly to Syria 1974 for a visit with President Hafez al-Assad and his family, including 8-year-old Bashar:

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