Video: Nixon attends youth rally with Davis (at 1:47)
(Tuesday, August 22, 1972, evening) — Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., grabbed a startled U.S. President Richard Nixon from behind and squeezed his arms while Nixon talked to about 8,000 of his youthful supporters at a youth rally tonight in Miami, Florida. Continue reading Nixon renominated, embraced by Sammy Davis, Jr. 40 years ago tonight (1972)
Video: 'Discovery Times: Ruby Ridge' (Aug. 22, 1992 at 9:14)
(Saturday, August 22, 1992) — On the second day of the Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho today, an FBI sharpshooter killed Vicki Weaver, the wife of white separatist Randy Weaver. The sharpshooter later said he was targeting the couple’s friend Kevin Harris, and didn’t see Vicki Weaver.
Video: 'Come Together' (Aug. 22, 1972)
(Tuesday, August 22, 1972) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon continued rehearsing today at Butterfly Studios in New York City for the “One to One” benefit concerts for children with mental challenges, scheduled for Madison Square Garden on Aug. 30.
Video: 'Memorable movie moments-Dog day afternoon'
(Tuesday, August 22, 1972, afternoon) — A hostage drama began today at a Chase Manhattan Bank in Brooklyn, N.Y., as John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile seized seven employees during a botched robbery that would inspire the movie Dog Day Afternoon.
Video: 'attack small clamart August 22, 1962'
(Wednesday, August 22, 1962) — An assassination attempt against French President Charles De Gaulle failed today, as he, his wife, and son-in-law were met by a “barrage of submachine-gun fire” near Petit Clamart while being driven in his Citroën DS from Paris to the Villacoublay Airfield.
Video: 'BBC One History 1932-2006'
(Monday, August 22, 1932) — The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) conducted its first experimental television broadcast today, using a 30-line mechanical system developed by John Logie Baird.
Video: Aug 22, 1862 (at 39:16)
(Friday, August 22, 1862, during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln responded to an Aug. 20 editorial by Republican editor Horace Greeley of the highly influential New York Tribune, demanding a more aggressive attack on the Confederacy and faster emancipation of the slaves by describing the limits imposed by his duty as president to save the Union. Continue reading Lincoln responds to editorial demanding emancipation of southern slaves 150 years ago today (1862)
