24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of 1864.

26th January 1998: Bill Clinton denies ‘sexual relations with that woman’

On the 26th January 1998, United States President Bill Clinton appeared at a White House press conference and made a forceful statement that “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”.