But for many others who had headed to Windsor, it was the new 40-year-old French First Lady - a model-turned-singer - that was the biggest draw of the day.
And when Barack Obama takes office in January, his wife, Michelle, will also make history as the country's first African-American first lady.
Clinton was called before a grand jury -- a precedent for a first lady -- to testify about the appearance of those documents.
In one marathon reception in December 1996, Bill Clinton and then-First Lady Hillary Clinton welcomed about 1, 200 guests over three hours, with a 90-minute break upstairs in the middle, according to an archive of White House schedules kept by the William J Clinton Presidential Library.
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She became the first-ever first lady to serve in the US cabinet.
Then-first lady Hillary Clinton chaired a health care task force that was sued for closing to the public several meetings with government and private officials.
Washington (CNN) -- First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the London Olympics in July, she said Tuesday.
Pulitzer's tropical-print dresses became a sensation in the 1960s when then-first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who attended boarding school with Ms. Pulitzer, wore one of the sleeveless shifts in a Life magazine photo spread.
The transition team was impressed with the combination of Gupta's government experience, as a White House fellow in 1997 and a special adviser to then-first lady Hillary Clinton, along with his medical career as a neurosurgeon and his communication skills, the transition sources said.
Clinton said he and his family -- former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, now New York's junior senator, and daughter Chelsea -- would spend the weekend at their new home in Chappaqua, New York.
She says the country is simply not ready for a high-profile first lady appearing at her husband's side.
And one of the things I did -- the very first -- one of the very first things I did when I became First Lady and we moved into the White House was that we planted this wonderful garden.
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On a list this year, a first lady, a ground-breaking CEO and a woman known for her comedic chops.
They did pushups, twirled hula hoops, and competed at dodge ball and tug-of-war before the first lady triumphed over the comedian in a climactic potato sack race.
Back in Georgetown, South Carolina, Margretta Knox remembers attending the Bethel AME church with the first lady's grandparents -- Jim Robinson's grandson and his wife -- when she was a girl.
On Tuesday -- two days before President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama head to Waco, about 18 miles south, for a memorial service at Baylor University -- some of them stood motionless on their front lawns, taking in the devastation.
And over on the Wrexham-Shropshire border, there is the so-called lady of Bronington first recorded in the 1800s.
Bush said at a historic news conference in May in the White House briefing room -- the first ever by a first lady.
And though voters this election embraced change, the president and first lady are abiding by tradition--at least when it comes to their clothes.
But no, as a matter of fact, I mean, the notion of being First Lady of the United States -- there had never been anybody of my race who had been here.
The custom of selecting an official holiday theme began in the 1960s when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created a nutcracker-themed Christmas for her daughter Caroline.
And as a little bit of a history lesson, the custom of selecting an official holiday theme began in the 1960s when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created a nutcracker-themed Christmas for her daughter Caroline.
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While in New York on Monday, Bruni-Sarkozy spoke with a small group of women at a reception and described how she balances pursuing her career while still handling her duties as first lady and mother to her nine-year-old son, Aurelien.
Obama's run as first lady has not come without stumbles -- her summer vacation at a ritzy resort in Spain in the middle of a recession was a public relations disaster -- like many of her predecessors she has been able to win accolades without suffering from any of the baggage of being commander in chief.
President Bill Clinton has done a fund-raiser for her, and the first lady did an education event with her.
The work comes from Warhol's signature 1960s series of pop-culture icons like Marilyn Monroe and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
President Bill Clinton did a fund-raiser for her, and the first lady appeared at an education event with her.
The event was co-chaired by U.S. first lady Laura Bush, who did not attend, and Madame Dorrit Moussaieff, first lady of Iceland.
Dole's advocates note that former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was a first-time New York resident when she won that state's Senate race in 2000.
One of Clinton's most famous blunders involved the task force that he established to formulate a health-care plan under the leadership of first lady Hillary Clinton.
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