Daily Archives: September 12, 2020

‘I am not the Catholic candidate for President’: JFK addresses ‘religious issue’ head on 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1960)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Primary Source: JFK's 1960 Speech'

(Monday, September 12, 1960, 9:00 p.m. CDT; during the 1960 United States presidential election) — Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, bluntly told a group of 300 Protestant clergymen meeting tonight at Rice Hotel in Houston that he would resign the presidency if holding it ever required violating his conscience or the national interest. Continue reading ‘I am not the Catholic candidate for President’: JFK addresses ‘religious issue’ head on 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1960) →

Three hijacked jet planes dynamited by Palestinian militants in Jordan 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1970)

1970s


Video: 'Johan Grimonprez : dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y part 05'

(Saturday, September 12, 1970, 3:30 p.m. Eastern European Time; during the Dawson’s Field hijackings) — Members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) blew up three hijacked planes valued at $20 million today at an airfield in the Jordanian desert after freeing the hostages held aboard under a death threat. Continue reading Three hijacked jet planes dynamited by Palestinian militants in Jordan 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1970) →