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.