Video: '1976 Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford Presidential Debate #3 Oct 22'

(Friday, October 22, 1976, 9:30-11:00 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1976) — U.S. President Gerald Ford and former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter concluded their historic series of nationally televised debates tonight in Williamsburg, Virginia, by promising to stress issues rather than personalities in the final days of the campaign in the hope of awakening widespread interest among disillusioned voters. Continue reading Ford and Carter promise to stress issues in final debate 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 1976) →

Video: 'President Reagans Remarks on Signing the Tax Reform Act of 1986 - 10/22/86'

(Wednesday, October 22, 1986, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan, culminating a two-year odyssey that was fraught with perils at nearly every turn, signed into law today a sweeping tax overhaul measure that slashes rates to the lowest level since the Great Depression and curtails many widely used business and personal tax breaks.