Video: '1969 report on Ted Kennedy's accident at Chappaquiddick Island'

(Friday, July 18, 1969, approximately 11:30 p.m. EDT; during the Chappaquiddick incident) — U.S. Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, the 37-year-old younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (both of whom were recently assassinated), drove an Oldsmobile 88 automobile off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts late this evening, leading to the death of his female companion, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne. Continue reading Woman passenger killed as Ted Kennedy escapes car accident on Chappaquiddick Island 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1969) →

Video: 'JFK JR.'S PLANE IS MISSING (LIVE TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE FROM JULY 17, 1999)' (11:15 a.m. EDT-5:15 p.m. EDT)

(Friday, July 16, 1999, approximately 9:41 p.m. EDT; during the John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash) — 38-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, his 33-year-old wife, Carolyn, and her 34-year-old sister, Lauren Bessette, died tonight when their single-engine plane, piloted by Kennedy, plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading JFK Jr., wife, sister-in-law killed in plane crash 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1999) →

Video: 'Jimmy Carter's Crisis of Confidence Speech, July 15th, 1979'

(Sunday, July 15, 1979, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Jimmy Carter, conceding failings in his own leadership and assailing a “crisis of confidence” among Americans, proposed tonight a six-point package of energy proposals intended to save 4.5 million barrels of oil a day by 1990. Continue reading U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers ‘malaise’ speech 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1979) →