Video: 'Diana Ross & The Supremes - Michael Row The Boat Ashore (Tarzan) 1968'
(Friday, January 12, 1968, 7:30-8:30 p.m. EST) — Diana Ross and The Supremes played a trio of nuns, one of whom is a native of the village where they hope to build a hospital, on tonight’s episode of the television series Tarzan on NBC. Continue reading The Supremes play a group of nuns on ‘Tarzan’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 12 1968)
Video: 'LEWINSKEE' (25 videos)
(Monday, January 12, 1998; during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal) — Linda Tripp today provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, detailing Lewinsky’s affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton. Continue reading Tripp provides taped conversations with Lewinsky 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 12 1998)
Video: 'A Tribute to Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher'
(Monday, January 12, 1948) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, unanimously ruled today that state law schools could not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, ordering the admission of Ada Lois Sipuel, a 24-year-old African-American. Continue reading Supreme Court orders Oklahoma to admit African-Americans to law school 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD
