Daily Archives: January 3, 2017

Congressional proceedings televised for the first time this hour 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1947)


Video: '80th Congress Convenes; Truman State of the Union 1947/1/6' (Jan. 3, 1947, at 0:00-1:15)

(Friday, January 3, 1947, 12:30 p.m. EST) — Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time today as viewers in Washington, Philadelphia and New York got to see some of the opening ceremonies of the 80th United States Congress. Continue reading Congressional proceedings televised for the first time this hour 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1947)

Jack Ruby, killer of accused JFK assassin, dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1967)


Video: 'January 3, 1967 - Jack Ruby dies at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas'

(Tuesday, January 3, 1967, 10:30 a.m. CST)Jack Ruby, the man who shot the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy before a nationwide television audience on Nov. 24, 1964, died today at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, the same hospital in which Kennedy and his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died. Continue reading Jack Ruby, killer of accused JFK assassin, dies 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1967)

Americans defeat British forces at Princeton 240 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1777)


Video: 'Battles of the American Revolution Battle of Princeton'

(Friday, January 3, 1777; during the American Revolutionary War and the American Revolution) — The Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington, defeated British forces today in The Battle of Princeton near Princeton, New Jersey. Continue reading Americans defeat British forces at Princeton 240 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 3 1777)