Daily Archives: August 8, 2014

Nixon announces he’ll become first U.S. president to resign 40 years ago this hour (Aug 8 1974)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


Video: 'Nixon before resignation and full speech'

(Thursday, August 8, 1974, 9:01 p.m. EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, announced tonight in a conciliatory address on national television that he had given up his long and arduous fight to remain in office and would resign, effective at noon tomorrow (click here for a clip of Aug. 8, 1974, from ‘The Presidents: Nixon’ at 2:41:20). . Continue reading Nixon announces he’ll become first U.S. president to resign 40 years ago this hour (Aug 8 1974) →

CBS reports Nixon will resign tonight, Ford will be sworn-in tomorrow 40 years ago this hour (Aug 8 1974)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, Watergate


Video: 'Walter Cronkite announces President Nixon's resignation1974'

(Thursday, August 8, 1974, 5:30 p.m. EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — “Good evening. President Nixon will reportedly will announce his resignation tonight and Vice President Ford will become the nation’s 38th President tomorrow,” said anchorman Walter Cronkite, opening tonight’s edition of the CBS Evening News.

‘Something New’ album by The Beatles debuts at #125 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 8 1964)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'The Beatles - "Something New" (U.S. Stereo LP - Capitol) [Full Album]'

(Monday, August 8, 1964) — Something New by The Beatles debuted on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart, the British band’s sixth appearance on the chart since Feb. 1, 1964. Continue reading ‘Something New’ album by The Beatles debuts at #125 in USA 50 years ago today (Aug 8 1964) →

Anne Frank transferred to transit camp Westerbork 70 years ago today (Aug 8 1944)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Aug. 8, 1944, at 42:59)

(Tuesday, August 8, 1944, early morning CET; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank, her family, the van Pel family and dentist Fritz Pfeffer, the eight people in discovered hiding in the “Secret Annex” were removed from their cells at Huis van Bewaring (House of Detention), an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans, and taken by tram to the Centraal train station in Amsterdam today and transported in an ordinary passenger train to transit camp Westerbork.