1748: Martha Wayles Skelton (Jefferson) was born.
1864: Rutherford Hayes was stunned when his horse was shot out from under him at the Battle of Cedar Creek.
1919: Woodrow Wilson sat up in a wheelchair for the first time since his stroke on October 2.
1964: Herbert Hoover became unresponsive.
1981: Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with colon diverticula.