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(Thursday, July 19, 1984, evening PDT) — Former Vice President Walter Mondale accepted the nomination for President of the United States tonight at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, promising to “stop the illegal war in Nicaragua,” meet the Soviets once a year and slash the deficit by raising taxes (click here to watch an extended clip of Mondale’s acceptance speech and click here for extended video of today’s convention session).

Earlier in the evening, Rep. Gerald Ferraro of New York was nominated by acclamation and accepted her party’s nomination for vice president, the first female to be nominated by a major American political party on a national ticket.

Video: 'Geraldine Ferraro's Full Speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention'