June 12 - Happy Birthday, George H.W. Bush

Posted on June 12, 2018

There are two President George Bush's in history. Today's famous birthday is George H. W. Bush, also known as George Bush, Sr., or George Bush 41. He is the father of George W. Bush, also known as George Bush, Jr., or George Bush 43.

The number nicknames refer to the fact that the elder Bush was U.S. President #41, and the younger was #43.

Here are some more number facts about George H. W. Bush:

He was born on this date in 1924 - and still alive, at age 94, he is the longest-lived president.



The Japanese bombed U.S. port Pearl Harbor when Bush was still just 17 years old. Six months later, Bush turned 18 and enlisted in the navy. He became the youngest naval aviator a few days before his 19th birthday!

George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara had 6 kids. Theirs was the longest marriage of any U.S. president - 73 years! That beat the second longest marriage of a U.S. president by almost 20 years (John and Abigail Adams were married 54 years).

Having founded an oil company, Bush Sr. became a millionaire by the time he was 40 years old.


In addition to being President of the U.S., Bush Sr. served as Vice President, Director of Central Intelligence, the Ambassador to the United States, and U.S. Representative. He ended up with a wipe-em-off-the-map victory in the 1988 presidential election, with his 426 electoral college votes to Michael Dukakis's 111 electoral college votes!


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