Bill Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946.
Clinton was the only President born in Arkansas.
Bill Clinton's Vice President was Al Gore (1993-2001).
William Jefferson Clinton was named William Jefferson Blythe IV at birth. After his father's death, his mother married Roger Clinton. He began using his stepfather's last name while in grade school and formally changed his name to William Jefferson Clinton when he was 15.
His nickname as a child growing up in Arkansas was Bubba.
As a delegate to Boys Nation, William Clinton met JFK when he was 17.
President Clinton was the first President to be a Rhodes Scholar.
Bill Clinton's family brought a First Cat--Socks--from Arkansas when they moved into the White House. Socks was the first White House pet with a web site. He also had a Labradore Retriever named Buddy.
Bill Clinton was the first president to win reelection since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
President Clinton was the second President to be impeached.
Storytelling by celebrities and Clinton's welcoming remarks cybercast over the Internet were innovations added to the traditional Easter Egg Roll on April 13, 1998.
His wife, Hillary, was the first wife of a president to attain elective office herself.
Clinton is the only president to have his wife run for president.
President Clinton and former President George H. Bush worked togher on international and domestic relief efforts.
Sources:
The Presidents of the United States. 22 September 2004 <http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/>
Davis, Gibbs and Ilus. David A. Johnson. Wackiest White House Pets. New York: Scholastic Press, October 2004
James, Barber and Amy Pastan. Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies. New York: DK Publishing, 2002
Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas. Treasury of Presidential Quotations. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, 1964
Kane, Joseph Natan. Facts about the Presidents from Washington to Johnson. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1964.
National Park Service Web Site on Presidential Trivia: http://www.nps.gov/pub_aff/pres/trivia.htm.
