Video: 'Who Erased 18 Minutes of Nixon Watergate Tapes?'
(Monday, November 26, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court today that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18-1/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
Video: 'Rohna Film Preview'
(Friday, November 26, 1943; during World War II) — The HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, was hit today by a German missile and sank in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria. 1,138 men were killed, including 1,015 Americans, constituting the largest loss of U.S. troops at sea in a single incident.
Video: 'Civil War Missionary Ridge Radio Drama'
(Wednesday, November 25, 1863, 6 p.m. local time; during the Battle of Missionary Ridge, part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War) — Following the Union victory in the Battle of Lookout Mountain yesterday, Union forces under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assaulted Missionary Ridge and defeated the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg.
Video: 'John F. Kennedy Funeral November 25, 1963' (enternal flame lit at 42:09)
(Monday, November 25, 1963, 3:02 p.m. EST) — Jacqueline Kennedy, President Kennedy’s widow today lit the eternal flame, a presidential memorial at the gravesite of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in Arlington National Cemetery. The president’s brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, symbolically lit the flame after her. Continue reading President Kennedy’s widow lights eternal flame 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'John F. Kennedy Funeral November 25, 1963' (flyover at Arlington at 34:45)
(Monday, November 25, 1963, 2:43 p.m. EST) — The aircraft flyover and flag folding ceremony was held this afternoon during burial services for John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. Continue reading Aircraft flyover, flag folding ceremony held at JFK grave site service 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'John John Salutes the Coffin of His Father'
(Monday, November 25, 1963, 1:09 p.m. EST) — John F. Kennedy, Jr., who turned three years old today, saluted his father’s casket following the service for the assassinated president at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. The caisson carrying JFK’s body then departed for the procession to Arlington National Cemetery. Continue reading John F. Kennedy, Jr. salutes his father’s casket 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Celebrating Evacuation Day'
(Tuesday, November 25, 1783, noon; following the American Revolutionary War) — The British today evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Video: 'John F. Kennedy Funeral November 25, 1963' (coffin arrives at 24:34)
(Monday, November 25, 1963, 11:56 a.m. EST) — The coffin of President John F. Kennedy arrived at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., this morning for a Requiem Mass. Continue reading President Kennedy’s coffin arrives at St. Matthew’s Cathedral 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'John F. Kennedy Funeral November 25, 1963' (Nov. 25, 1963 begins at 17:12)
(Monday, November 25, 1963, 11:40 a.m. EST) — The caisson carrying the coffin of President John F. Kennedy from the Capitol left the White House today for funeral services at St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Mrs. Kennedy, the president’s family, and over 100 world leaders followed on foot. Continue reading JFK’s caisson departs White House for funeral service 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Cairo and Teheran Conference 1943' (leaders pose in Cairo at 4:45)
(Thursday, November 25, 1943; during World War II) — Participants of the Cairo Conference, underway since Nov. 22, 1943, at a residence of the American Ambassador to Egypt, Alexander Kirk, near the Pyramids, posed today for journalists. Continue reading Cairo Conference participants discuss fate of Asia, pose for cameras 70 years ago today (1943)
