Daily Archives: January 27, 2018

Embattled Clinton stays on SOTU message 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1998)


Video: 'The 1998 State of the Union (Address to a Joint Session of the Congress)'

(Tuesday, January 27, 1998, 9:12 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Bill Clinton, facing the gravest personal and political peril in a crisis-prone career over his reported sexual misconduct with a former White House intern, emerged from the darkness shrouding his presidency for more than an hour tonight to proclaim the state of the Union sound and to propose a plan to rescue Social Security. Continue reading Embattled Clinton stays on SOTU message 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1998)

Beatle John Lennon interviewed by Kenny Everett 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1968)


Video: '1968 01 27 John Lennon'

(Saturday, January 27, 1968, morning GMT) — John Lennon of The Beatles was interviewed by Kenny Everett this morning at Kenwood, Lennon’s home in Weybridge, for the Feb. 4 edition of the presenter’s BBC Radio 1 show. Continue reading Beatle John Lennon interviewed by Kenny Everett 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1968)

Hillary Clinton blames ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ for Lewinsky scandal 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1998)


Video: 'Flashback: January 27'

(Tuesday, January 27, 1998, at 7:05 a.m. EST; during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal) — Delivering a blistering White House counterattack, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton charged today that the Whitewater prosecutor’s sex-scandal investigation of her husband was part of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” dedicated to destroying his presidency (click here to watch the full interview). Continue reading Hillary Clinton blames ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ for Lewinsky scandal 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 1998)