Fast Facts on Bill Clinton

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By John C. Barnard On May 7, 2022 0

Date of Personal Birth: August 19, 1946

Hope, Arkansas is where he was born.

William Jefferson Blythe III is his given name.

William Blythe is his father’s name.

Virginia (Kelley) Blythe, mother

Hillary (Rodham) Clinton’s marriage (October 11, 1975-present)

Chelsea Victoria was born on February 27, 1980.

Education: B.S., Georgetown University, 1968; Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, 1968-1970; J.D., Yale University, 1973

Baptist is his religion.

Other Information

Clinton’s father, William Blythe, died in a vehicle accident three months before he was born.

Clinton took his stepfather Roger Clinton’s surname while he was in his teens.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, he is the first Democrat to be re-elected to a second term.

The second president of the United States to be impeached. Andrew Johnson was the first, in 1868.

He was nominated for four Grammy Awards and won two of them.

Timeline

1972 – Directs Democratic presidential candidate George S. McGovern’s campaign in Texas.
1974 – Runs unsuccessfully for the Arkansas Third Congressional District House seat.
In 1976, he was elected as the state attorney general of Arkansas.
At the age of 32, he is elected governor of Arkansas in 1978.
1980 – Loses reelection to the governorship.
Wins the gubernatorial election in 1982.
The Governor of Arkansas is re-elected in 1984. In 1986 and 1990, he was re-elected.
On October 3, 1991, he announces his presidential campaign.
Clinton performs on “The Arsenio Hall Show” on June 3, 1992, playing the saxophone.
On November 3, 1992, he defeats George H.W. Bush and H. Ross Perot in the presidential election.
On January 20, 1993, he is sworn in as the 42nd President of the United States.
The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is signed into law on November 30, 1993. Background checks and a five-day waiting period are required by law for handgun purchases.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law on December 8, 1993, and goes into force on January 1, 1994.
May 6, 1994 – Paula Corbin Jones, a former Arkansas state employee, files a federal civil lawsuit in Little Rock, Arkansas, alleging Clinton of making “persistent and continuous” unwanted sexual attempts toward her while Clinton was governor of Arkansas in May 1991.
Kenneth Starr is hired as special counsel to examine the failing Whitewater real estate enterprise in August 1994.
Clinton signs the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 into law on September 13, 1994. The bill raises financing for police departments and makes federal crimes punishable by longer prison sentences.
Clinton is re-elected for a second term on November 5, 1996.
25 February 1997 – Clinton approved plans to reward Democratic Party supporters with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom, according to papers released by the White House in 1995.
Clinton disputes a sexual contact with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky during a filmed deposition by Jones’ lawyers on January 17, 1998.
The story concerning Lewinsky’s claims first appears in the press on January 21, 1998. Following the discovery of audiotapes in which Lewinsky reveals the alleged affair and cover-up to a friend, Linda Tripp, the allegations are made public.
“I did not have sexual intercourse with that woman,” Clinton asserts on January 26, 1998.
Clinton signs the first balanced budget since 1969 on February 2, 1998.
Lewinsky testifies before a grand jury about her relationship with Clinton on August 6, 1998.
Clinton appears before a grand jury on August 17, 1998, admitting to having “inappropriate intimate contact” with Lewinsky, but claims it did not constitute sexual relations because they had not had intercourse.
11 September 1998 – The Starr Report is made public by the House.
The House votes 258-176 to commence an impeachment probe on Clinton on October 8, 1998.
Clinton agrees to pay Jones $850,000 to settle her sexual harassment case on November 13, 1998.
The House Judiciary Committee passes four articles of impeachment against Clinton on December 11-12, 1998, accusing him of lying under oath, impeding justice, and misusing his presidential power to conceal a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
16th of December, 1998 After months of attempting and failing to persuade Saddam Hussein to cooperate with UN weapons inspectors, the US and Britain unleash four days of airstrikes against Iraq.
The whole House passes two of the four articles on December 19, 1998. (perjury and obstruction of justice). Clinton is the second president of the United States to be impeached.
The Senate trial for perjury and obstruction of justice begins on January 7, 1999.
The Senate trial ended on February 12, 1999, with an acquittal. The perjury allegation received a 55 to 45 vote, while the obstruction of justice accusation received a 50-50 vote. For conviction, a two-thirds majority, or 67 votes, was required.
20 September 2000 – Robert Ray, an independent counsel, concludes the Whitewater probe after six years, clearing the Clintons of any wrongdoing.
15th of January, 2001 Clinton had a malignant tumor removed from his back. Doctors determined that the cancer had not spread and that it was not a worrisome condition.
On the day before leaving office, Clinton agreed to give up his Arkansas law license for five years and pay a $25,000 fine to the state bar organization, putting an end to the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct’s efforts to have him disbarred.
20th of January, 2001 Clinton pardons 141 people only hours before leaving office, including Whitewater figure Susan McDougal and publishing heiress Patty Hearst. The pardon of banker Marc Rich, who had been a fugitive in Switzerland, is the most contentious. In addition, the president pardons his brother, Roger Clinton, who was convicted of cocaine possession in the 1980s.
On July 30, 2001, he formally opens his post-presidential office in New York City’s Harlem area.
Clinton is one of the numerous guest narrators on “Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf/Beintus: Wolf Tracks,” which won a Grammy on February 8, 2004. The CD takes home the award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

Clinton’s memoir, “My Life,” is published on June 22, 2004.
27 July 2004 – On the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Clinton is the keynote speaker.
Clinton visits Northern Westchester Hospital on September 3, 2004, after having slight chest pain and shortness of breath. According to doctors, bypass surgery is required.
6. September 2004 – At New York-Presbyterian Hospital, he had four-hour bypass surgery. His physicians discovered that several of his arteries were clogged by more than 90%.
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park opens in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 18, 2004.
President George W. Bush names former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton to lead fundraising efforts for humanitarian help following the terrible tsunami in Southeast Asia on January 3, 2005.
Clinton is named UN envoy for tsunami reconstruction by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on February 1, 2005.
“My Life” wins a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album on February 13, 2005.
Clinton and George H.W. Bush fly to Asia in February 2005 to see the tsunami-affected areas.
On September 5, 2005, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton announced the establishment of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund to aid Hurricane Katrina victims.
Clinton and Bill Gates visit an HIV/AIDS clinic financed by the William J. Clinton Foundation in Lesotho on July 12, 2006. (later renamed the Clinton Foundation). Since 2001, Clinton has visited Africa five times to raise AIDS awareness.
Thursday, September 4, 2007 – “Giving,” Clinton’s book, has been released. In it, he presents examples of how ordinary people’s giving may have a good impact on the world.
Clinton delivers a speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2008, endorsing Barack Obama for President.
19 May 2009 – Clinton has been named as the UN Special Envoy for Haiti.
Clinton visits North Korea on August 4, 2009, and talked with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, securing the pardon and release of US journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
After a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti in January, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints Hillary Clinton to oversee assistance and restoration activities.
11 February 2010 – With “chest discomfort,” he is transported to New York-Presbyterian Hospital and undergoes a surgery that involves the placement of two stents in one of his arteries.
Monday, November 8, 2011 – “Back to Work,” Clinton’s book on how to resurrect the economy, is now available.
20 November 2013 – Obama bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom on him.
July 26, 2016 – Speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia after Hillary Clinton is named the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee and the first woman to lead a major political party’s presidential ticket.
4 June 2018 – The novel “The President is Missing,” co-authored by Clinton and James Patterson, is released. Clinton is asked if he owes Lewinsky a personal apology during an interview with NBC to promote the book. He replies, “No, I don’t know her; I’ve never spoken to her. I did, however, express my regret in public on several occasions. That’s a significant difference. The apology was made in front of the entire world.”
5 June 2018 – Clinton apologizes for his remarks during the NBC interview. He declares, “What matters is that it was a traumatic incident that occurred 20 years ago, for which I apologized to my family, Monica Lewinsky and her family, and the American people. I meant it at the time, and I mean it now. Every day since then, I’ve had to live with the repercussions.”
6th of March, 2020 Clinton says he feels “horrible” that the affair has “unfairly” defined Lewinsky’s life in “Hillary,” a new documentary that recounts the former first lady’s life and career.
12th of October, 2021 – Clinton is admitted to the intensive care unit at the University of California Irvine Medical Center with a urinary tract infection that has spread to his bloodstream. On October 17, he is discharged from the hospital.