Video: 'January 9, 1961 - President-Elect John F. Kennedy addresses the Massachusetts State Legislature'

(Monday, January 9, 1961; nearly nine weeks after the 1960 United States presidential election) — 11 days before his inauguration, President-elect John F. Kennedy delivered his “City Upon a Hill” speech, telling Massachusetts legislators today in Boston that he hoped his administration would be judged finally on its qualities of courage, judgment, integrity and dedication. Continue reading President-elect Kennedy pledges rule of integrity in ‘City Upon a Hill’ speech 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 9 1961) →

Video: 'Mississippi in the Civil War'

(Wednesday, January 9, 1861; nine weeks after the 1860 United States presidential election) — 64 days after Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860 on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, Mississippi became the second state to secede today when a state convention meeting in Jackson voted 84-15 to leave the Union.
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