Bill Clinton Born: Future Two-Term President and Economic Reformer
Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992 by centering his campaign on economic issues, then presided over the longest peacetime economic expansion in American history. His two terms produced budget surpluses, welfare reform, and the NAFTA trade agreement, though his impeachment over the Lewinsky scandal permanently scarred his legacy.
August 19, 1946
80 years ago
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