On January 30, 2018, President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address to the nation.
On January 29, 2002, five months after 9/11, President George W. Bush used his State of the Union address to focus on terrorism and protecting the United States from future attacks.
January 19, 1999 marked an unprecedented event: a State of the Union address given by President Bill Clinton in the midst of an impeachment trial.
President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 address would be delayed due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. On February 4, 1986, one week after the tragedy, Reagan addressed Congress and the nation.
Less than two months after the tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson gives his first State of the Union address on January 8, 1964.