Daily Archives: September 3, 2018

Presumptive VP nominee Palin addresses GOP convention 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 2008)


Video: 'C-SPAN: Vice Presidential Candidate Gov. Sarah Palin (AK) Full Speech at the RNC'

(Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at 9:28 p.m. CDT; during the 2008 Republican National Convention) — Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee, introduced herself to America tonight before a roaring crowd of GOP delegates at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, as “just your average hockey mom” who was as qualified as the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama, to be president of the United States. Continue reading Presumptive VP nominee Palin addresses GOP convention 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 2008)

LBJ wins Senate runoff in Texas by 87 votes 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 1948)


Video: 'PBS LBJ Part 1' (1948 campaign at 22:57)

(Friday, September 3, 1948) — U.S. Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson defeated former Governor Coke Stevenson today in the Democratic runoff primary for the U.S. Senate post vacated by Wilbert Lee O’Daniel by 87 votes when, miraculously, six days after voters cast their ballots (Aug. 28, 1948), an additional 202 votes were discovered in Box 13 in tiny Alice, Texas. Continue reading LBJ wins Senate runoff in Texas by 87 votes 70 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 1948)

The Doors arrive at London’s Heathrow Airport 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 1968)


Video: 'The Doors Are Open Part 1' (Sep. 3, 1968, at 0:05/:29)

(Tuesday, September 3, 1968) — Granada television was there today to greet The Doors as the California rock band arrived at Heathrow Airport in London for their first European tour. Continue reading The Doors arrive at London’s Heathrow Airport 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 3 1968)