Video: 'Discovery Times: Ruby Ridge' (Aug. 31, 1992 at 0:39)
(Monday, August 31, 1992) — White separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Naples, Idaho, today, ending an 11-day Ruby Ridge siege by federal agents that had claimed the lives of Weaver’s wife, son and a deputy U.S. marshal.
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(Sunday, August 30, 1992) — The television series Northern Exposure won six awards tonight at the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards at Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, including best drama series. Continue reading ‘Northern Exposure’ and ‘Murphy Brown’ top Emmys 20 years ago tonight (1992)
Video: Aug. 30, 1862 (at 34:44)
(Saturday, August 30, 1862, during the Second Battle of Bull Run, part of the American Civil War) — Confederate forces won victories today against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, as Maj. Gen. James Longstreet today sent five divisions storming into the Union flank, which was crushed and driven back to Bull Run.
25,000 men were killed, wounded or missing, five times the figure of the First Battle of Bull Run 13 months before.
Video: Aug. 29, 1962 (at 6:41)
(Wednesday, August 29, 1962, during the Cold War) — Photographs taken by an American U-2 spyplane over Cuba first revealed today the presence there of Soviet SA-2 missiles, for anti-aircraft defense. Offensive missiles would not be discovered until later flights.
Video: Aug 29, 1862 (at 34:30)
(Friday, August 29, 1862, during the Second Battle of Bull Run, part of the American Civil War) — Union Maj. Gen. John Pope launched a series of assaults today against Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s position along an unfinished railroad grade in Prince William County, Virginia. The attacks were repulsed with heavy casualties on both sides.
At noon, Confederate Maj. Gen. James Longstreet arrived on the field from Thoroughfare Gap and took position on Jackson’s right flank.
Video: 'Arthur Goldberg resigns from UN 1968'
(Tuesday, August 28, 1962) — Ailing Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter resigned today after serving 23 years and President John F. Kennedy promptly nominated Arthur Goldberg to succeed him.
(Monday, August 27, 1962, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — State Attorney General Edward J. McCormack Jr., challenging Edward Moore Kennedy (the 30-year-old brother of President John F. Kennedy) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, accused Kennedy in a TV debate tonight of attempting to get elected on his brother’s coattails. Continue reading Ted Kennedy takes jabs in Senate primary debate 50 years ago this hour (1962)
Video: '1962: Mariner 2 (NASA)'
(Monday, August 27, 1962, 2:53 a.m. EDT) — The United States launched the Mariner 2 space probe today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12, which would fly past Venus in December 1962.
Video: 'Olympic Ceremony Database - Munich 1972 (Opening Ceremony)'
(Saturday, August 26, 1972, 3:00 p.m. local time, 10 a.m. EDT) — Opening ceremonies for the 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held today at Olympic Stadium in Munich, West Germany.
It was the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under the Nazi regime.
Video: 'ABC Evening News' (Aug. 23, 1972)
(Wednesday, August 23, 1972, 6:00 p.m. EDT) — As President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew prepared to accept their renominations, thousands of protesters converged today on Miami to try to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Continue reading Thousands of protesters attempt to disrupt Republican convention 40 years ago today (1972)
