Presidential State Dinners(18 images)

Queen Elizabeth II deadpans a crack about California's abominable weather but President Reagan breaks up during the Queen's brief address at state dinner late March 3, 1983 at San Francisco's M.F. de Young Museum. (UPI Photo/Rypka/Files). | License Photo

President Ronald and First Lady Nancy Reagan chat with Prince Charles and Princess Diana as they welcome the British royal couple to the White House for a state dinner, November 9, 1985. (UPI Photo/Tim Clary/Files). | License Photo

U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) and Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai toast during a banquet at the Great Hall of the People in this November 10, 1973 file photo. Kissinger said in his toast that the U.S. had made "good progress" in normalizing relations with China. He also added, "We are determined to do much more and to complete the progress that we started two years ago as quickly as possible." (UPI/File) | License Photo

President Gerald Ford (R) gestures while talking to Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios III as U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (c) listens during state dinner for the 35 leaders attending the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on July 30, 1975. (UPI Photo/Files) | License Photo

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama wait in the Map Room of the White House, before welcoming President Felipe Calderon of Mexico and his wife, Mrs. Margarita Zavala, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 19, 2010. UPI/Pete Souza/The White House | License Photo

Susan Ford, daughter of President Gerald Ford, stands in the back of the State Dining Room in the White House and listens to her father toast the French President Giscard d’Estaing on May 17, 1976. (UPI Photo/John Full/Files) | License Photo

Actress Sophia Loren (right) Carlo Ponti arrive at a White House state dinner April 2 hosted by President Bill Clinton for Italian president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. | License Photo

In this photo released by the White House on November 27, 2009, President Barack Obama greets Michaele and Tareq Salahi during a receiving line prior to a State Dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (back,left) in the Blue Room at the White House in Washington on November 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after the uninvited Virginia couple was able to get into the dinner. UPI/Samantha Appleton/White House | License Photo

President George and First Lady Barara Bush stand with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip on May 14, 1991 before a state dinner in honor of the Queen's visit at the White Hosue in Washington. (UPI Photo/Martin Jeong/Files) | License Photo

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L), First Lady Michelle Obama (R), President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, and his wife, Mrs. Margarita Zavala, ride a trolley to a tent on the South Lawn of the White House, for the State Dinner reception in Washington on May 19, 2010. UPI/Pete Souza/The White House | License Photo

WAP2001090501 - 05 SEPTEMBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: President George W. Bush, right, hosts his first official state visit with Mexican President Vicente Fox at the White House in Washington, DC, September 5, 2001. Fox will later meet with Secretary of State Colin Powell and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before attending a State Dinner tonight in his honor. cc/cc/Chris Corder UPI | License Photo

President and Mrs. Bush pose with Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, before a state dinner at the White House 6/6/1989. (UPI Photo/Leighton Mark) | License Photo

Guests board trolleys at the South Portico entrance of the White House, en route to the State Dinner reception in a tent on the South Lawn, in Washington on May 19, 2010. UPI/Lawrence Jackson/The White House | License Photo

ORIGINAL CAPTION: Entertainer Frank Sinatra arrives at the White House June 18, 1984 wearing his Los Angeles Olympic jacket (L) then changes into his tuxedo and performs (R) as the main entertainer at the State Dinner honoring President Jeyewardene of Sri Lanka. (UPI PHOTO/Tim Clary/FILES) | License Photo

WAP96020402-04FEB96-WASHINGTON, D.C., USA: President Bill Clinton toasts to a crowded black tie dinner ofr a gathering of some 46 governors, their spouses and other guests seated in the State Dinner room, Feb. 04. UPI ae/kc/ken Cedeno | License Photo

WAP2000022315 - 23 FEBRUARY 2000 - WASHINGTON, D. C. USA: Actress Whoopi Goldberg is introduced to Queen Sofia of Spain by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton February 23 at the introduction ceremony of the State Dinner at the White House in honor of the King and Queen of Spain. UPI rw/Ron Sachs. | License Photo

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius listen as U.S. President George W. Bush makes remarks at a State Dinner in honor of the nation's governors, February 25, 2007 at the White House in Washington. The National Governor's Association is holding it's annual Winter meetings in Washington. (UPI Photo/Mike Theiler/POOL) | License Photo

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raise their glasses for a toast during the State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Obama said the partnership between the two democracies will be one of the defining relationships of the 21st century. UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool | License Photo