Timeline of the William Howard Taft presidency significant person William Howard Taft
The presidency of William Howard Taft began on March 4, 1909, when William Howard Taft was inaugurated the 27th president of the United States and ended on March 4, 1913.1909
March 4 - The Inauguration of William Howard Taft takes place.
April 7 - Taft orders that the deaf be allowed to take the civil service exam.
April 19 - Taft attends a Major League Baseball game with Vice President James S. Sherman, the first such game to be spectated by a president.
April 30 - Taft has the city of La Bova renanmed to Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone.
May 17 - First Lady Helen Herron Taft suffers a stroke that leaves her partially paralyzed and speech impaired for the following year.
May 22 - Taft orders 700,000 acres of federal land be opened for settlement in and around the Pacific Northwest.
May 26 - Taft chooses the design of the Lincoln cent.
June 16 - Taft recommends to Congress that an income tax amendment be made to the Constitution.
June 28 - Taft hosts the first meal to be served on the roof of the White House.
July 12 - Taft establishes the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve.
July 15 - Taft contacts Prince Chun to request American involvement in the financing of Chinese railways.
August 2 - The United States Army purchases the world's first military plane from the Wright brothers.
July 31 - Taft establishes the Mukuntuweap National Monument, which would become Zion National Park.
August 2 - The Lincoln cent is made available to the public.
August 5 - Taft signs the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act into law.
August 7 - Taft relocates to his Summer White House in Beverly, Massachusetts.
September 14 - Taft embarks on a tour throughout the United States.
September 21 - Taft establishes the Shoshone Cavern National Monument.
September 23 - Taft opens the Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado.
September 27 - Taft sets aside over 3 million acres of land as the country's first Naval oil reserve.
October 16 - Taft meets with Mexican President Porfirio Díaz in El Paso, Texas. He becomes the first sitting president to visit a foreign country when he dines with Díaz in Ciudad Juárez.
November 1 - Taft establishes the Gran Quivira National Monument.
November 10 - Taft returns to Washington, D.C. following his tour.
November 18 - The United States sends two warships to Nicaragua following the execution of two Americans.
November 21 - The United States demands reparations from Nicaragua for the killing of Americans.
December 1 - The United States ends diplomatic relations with Nicaragua.
December 7 - Taft delivers the 1909 State of the Union Address.
December 13 - Taft nominates Horace Harmon Lurton to the Supreme Court of the United States.
December 16 - Nicaraguan dictator José Santos Zelaya resigns under pressure from the American military.
December 20 - Horace Harmon Lurton is confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.