Daily Archives: November 4, 2012

President-elect Clinton ‘happy but exhausted’ 20 years ago today (1992)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'World News Tonight' (ABC News, Nov. 4, 1992)

(Wednesday, November 4, 1992, the day after the 1992 presidential campaign) — U.S. President-elect Bill Clinton set to work shaping his new administration today, huddling with his transition team, issuing a scarcely veiled warning to Iraq and pronouncing himself “happy, but exhausted thinking about the work that has to be done.”

Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Ann Todd in 170 years ago tonight (1842)

1840s


Video: 'AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Preview (Season 23)'

(Friday, November 4, 1842) — Abraham Lincoln, 33, and Mary Ann Todd, 23, were married this evening at the home of her older sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards, in Springfield, Illinois. Continue reading Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Ann Todd in 170 years ago tonight (1842) →