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A stroke fells Wilson in the White House; the President is left unable to govern

Seven days after collapsing in Pueblo, Colorado, Wilson is paralyzed and largely cut off from his own government.

Woodrow Wilson's body had been failing him for weeks. On the morning of October 2, 1919, the President suffered a massive stroke inside the White House, paralyzing the left side of his body and clouding his mind. It came seven days after he collapsed following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, the finale of an exhausting cross-country tour to sell the League of Nations. For the next two years, aides and his wife ran the presidency from his sickroom while Wilson recovered…

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Twelve amendments leave Washington's desk, bound for thirteen statehouses

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A bomber lost in fog tears into the Empire State Building; fourteen dead

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Sachs hands Roosevelt a letter about uranium; the president tells an aide, "this requires action"

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