Daily Archives: July 9, 2012

Dewey gets barrage of boos, yells during Dirksen speech at Republican National Convention 60 years ago tonight (1952)


Video: Dirksen speech July 9, 1952

(Wednesday, July 9, 1952) — Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York incurred yelling disapproval tonight at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Continue reading Dewey gets barrage of boos, yells during Dirksen speech at Republican National Convention 60 years ago tonight (1952)

Joseph McCarthy sticks to fight on Reds at Republican National Convention 60 years ago today (1952)


Video: McCarthy speech July 9, 1952

(Wednesday, July 9, 1952) — Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin told a cheering Republican National Convention today he would not soften his blows on the communist issues because “a rough fight is the only fight communists can understand.”

Nuclear sky shot startles Hawaii 50 years ago this hour (1962)


Video: 'Declassified U.S. Nuclear Test Film #62'

(Sunday, July 8, 1962, 11:00:09 p.m. HAST) — The United States tonight conducted Starfish Prime, a nuclear test in which a 1.44 megaton warhead was detonated 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. The resulting electromagnetic pulse caused limited electrical disruptions in parts of Hawaii.