found: Wikipedia, Sept. 10, 2012:Socks (cat) (Socks Clinton-Currie (March 23, 1989-February 20, 2009) was the pet cat of U.S. President Bill Clinton's family during his presidency. Other appellations: First Cat; Species: Cat; Breed: American Shorthair; Sex: Male; Born: March 23, 1989, Little Rock, Arkansas; Died: February 20, 2009 (aged 19), Hollywood, Maryland; First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote a children's book called Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets in 1998. It included more than 50 letters written to the First Pets by children and more than 80 photographs of Socks and Buddy. A cartoon book called Socks Goes to Washington: The Diary of America's First Cat, written by Michael O'Donoghue and Jean-Claude Suares, was published in 1993. In 1996, Socks appeared on a series of stamps in the Central African Republic with Bill Clinton)
