Daily Archives: January 15, 2015

President Ford declares ‘state of Union is not good,’ hopeful of future 40 years ago this hour (Jan 15 1975)


Video: 'Gerald Ford' (Jan. 15, 1975, 4-video playlist)

(Wednesday, January 15, 1975, 1:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Gerald Ford, declaring that “the state of the Union is not good,” urged the Democratic Congress today to enact speedily his new plan for stimulating the economy and to approve a sweeping program aimed at achieving energy independence.

Confederates lose last major seaport to Federals 150 years ago today (Jan 15 1865)


Video: 'The US Civil War - Second Battle of Fort Fisher, January 1865, US Civil War'

(Sunday, January 15, 1865; during the American Civil War) — The Second Battle of Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina, ended today as Union forces captured the “Gibraltar of the South,” depriving the Confederates of their last major seaport.