Video: 'Did U Know: VP Charles Dawes'
(Monday, April 23, 1951, 10:00 p.m. CST) — Charles G. Dawes, the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge, died tonight at his Evanston, Illinois, home from coronary thrombosis at the age of 85.
Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes dies 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1951)
Video: 'Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of 1940s Nazi Sympathizers'
(Wednesday, April 23, 1941, event scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. EST; during World War II) — Charles Lindbergh, aviation hero-turned-isolationist, declared tonight at a mass meeting of the America First Committee in New York City that the United States “cannot win this war for England, regardless of how much assistance we extend.”
Continue reading U.S. ‘cannot win this war for England,’ Charles Lindbergh warns packed New York rally 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1941)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Homefront USA [10/11]' (Vietnam veterans protest, April 19–23, 1971, at 49:57)
(Friday, April 23, 1971; during the Vietnam War) — About 700 veterans of the Vietnam War marched past the United States Capitol today and bitterly flung away battle decorations which they now regard as symbols of wasted suffering in an unjust war.
Continue reading Vietnam veterans discard medals in war protest at U.S. Capitol 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1971)
Video: 'The American President series profiles the 15th president, James Buchanan'
(Saturday, April 23, 1791) — James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States who served from 1857 to 1861 and the 17th U.S. secretary of state (1845–1849), was born today in a log cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania.
Continue reading U.S. President James Buchanan born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania 230 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1791)
