Video: 'Clinton about his relationship with Lewinsky 8-17-1998'

(Monday, August 17, 1998, at 10:02 p.m. EDT; during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal) — U.S. President Bill Clinton acknowledged tonight during a live television address that he had an inappropriate relationship with onetime intern Monica S. Lewinsky and deceived the American people about it, but he defiantly challenged independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr to stop “prying into private lives.” Continue reading Clinton publicly admits to Lewinsky affair 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1998) →

Video: 'President Clinton Deposition'

(Monday, August 17, 1998, scheduled for 1:00 p.m. EDT; during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal) — Bill Clinton, who became the first U.S. president to testify as the subject of a grand jury investigation today, admitted that he had engaged in an “improper physical relationship” with Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern. Continue reading Clinton testifies before grand jury 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1998) →

Video: 'The World's First Transatlantic Cable : Documentary on the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable' (Aug. 16, 1858, at 31:04)

(Monday, August 16, 1858, 7:00 p.m. local time) — Britain’s Queen Victoria inaugurated the new transatlantic telegraph cable today, sending a telegram of congratulations to U.S. President James Buchanan at his summer residence at the Bedford Springs Hotel in Pennsylvania, expressing hope that it would prove “an additional link between the nations whose friendship is founded on their common interest and reciprocal esteem.” Continue reading Transatlantic telegraph cable inaugurated 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1858) →

(Tuesday, August 16, 1988, afternoon EDT; part of the United States presidential election, 1988) — Vice President George H.W. Bush of Texas, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, today on the New Orleans riverfront chose Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, a wealthy, 41-year-old conservative with scant national reputation, as his running mate on the 1988 Republican ticket. Continue reading Bush picks Quayle for running mate 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1988) →