Video: 'Israel-Jordan Signing Ceremony'
(Monday, July 25, 1994) — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House today, ending their countries’ 46-year-old formal state of war.
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Bipartisan majority vote for Nixon impeachment indicated during debate 40 years ago today (July 25 1974)
Video: 'B Jordan impeachment speech' (July 25, 1974)
(Thursday, July 25, 1974; during the Watergate scandal) — A large, bipartisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee signaled its readiness today to adopt a resolution formally proposing the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
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Bing Crosby, Andrews Sisters record ‘Don’t Fence Me In’ in Los Angeles 70 years ago today (July 25 1944)
Video: 'Bing Crosby - Don't Fence Me In [Song by Cole Porter]'
(Tuesday, July 25, 1944) — Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded Cole Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In” today in Los Angeles for Decca Records.
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House committee begins debate on Nixon impeachment 40 years ago this hour (July 24 1974)
Video: 'Impeachment Hearings July 1974' (opening remarks by committee chairman Rep. Peter Rodino)
(Wednesday, July 24, 1974, 7:00 p.m. EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — The House Judiciary Committee began historic final deliberations tonight on the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon without waiting to determine whether new evidence might emerge as a result of a Supreme Court judgment earlier today. Continue reading House committee begins debate on Nixon impeachment 40 years ago this hour (July 24 1974)
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First African-American Miss America resigns amid scandal 30 years ago today (July 23 1984)
(Monday, July 23, 1984) — Vanessa Williams, the first African-American woman to win the Miss America crown, gave up her title today in the first resignation in the pageant’s history after Penthouse magazine announced plans to publish nude photos of the beauty queen in its September issue.
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Greek military bids civilians take over; Karamanlis returns, sworn in as premier 40 years ago today (Jul 23 1974)
(Tuesday, July 23, 1974) — The military rulers of Greece announced today that they had decided to turn the nation back to civilian political leaders. Konstantinos Karamanlis, the former conservative Premiere who governed from 1955 to 1963 before his self-imposed exile in Paris, returned to Athens and was sworn in as head of a new government of national unity.
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Bank robber John Dillinger shot to death by federal agents in Chicago 80 years ago this hour (July 22 1934)
Image: 'John Dillinger Shot Dead by Federal Agents - News Reel'
(Sunday, July 22, 1934, 10:40 p.m. CWT; during the Great Depression) — John Dillinger, America’s Public Enemy No. 1 and the most notorious criminal of recent times, was shot and killed at tonight by federal agents a few seconds after he had left the Biograph Theatre on Chicago’s North Side.
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Bretton Woods Conference concludes with agreements to create IMF, World Bank 70 years ago today (July 22 1944)
Video: '1944 Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference'
(Saturday, July 22, 1944; during World War II) — The Bretton Woods Conference concluded in New Hampshire today with an agreement to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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Yanks defeat Rebs in Battle of Atlanta 150 years ago today (July 22 1864)
Video: 'The Battle of Atlanta'
(Friday, July 22, 1864; during the Atlanta Campaign, part of the American Civil War) — Confederate General John Bell Hood led an failed attack on Union troops today under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill in the Battle of Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia.
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Democrats nominate Senator Truman for vice president 70 years ago tonight (July 21 1944)
Video: 'Democratic Convention Chicago 1944' (VP nomination at 1:32)
(Friday, July 21, 1944, evening CWT; during World War II) — Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri was nominated tonight as the Democratic candidate for Vice President in the fifth and final session of the twenty-eighth national convention of the party, defeating incumbent Vice President Henry Wallace 1,031-105 after votes shifted on the second ballot. Continue reading Democrats nominate Senator Truman for vice president 70 years ago tonight (July 21 1944)
