Video: 'Hurricane Katrina - CBS News - "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job"' (Bush's infamous gaffe at 15:00)

(Friday, September 2, 2005, 10:35 a.m. CDT) — Scorched by criticism about sluggish federal help following Hurricane Katrina, U.S. President George W. Bush toured the Gulf Coast today, telling Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” Continue reading ‘Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job,’ declares President George W. Bush 20 years ago this hour (Sep 2 2005) →

Video: 'The Vietnamese Proclamation of Independence'

(Saturday, September 2, 1945; just after 2:00 p.m. Indochina Time) — Ho Chi Minh declared the birth of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the country’s independence from France during a public meeting in front of thousands of people at what is now Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi. Continue reading Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam an independent republic 80 years ago this hour (Sep 2 1945) →

Video: 'BBC News Report - Titanic Wreck Discovery'

(Sunday, September 1, 1985, 12:48 a.m. Atlantic Time) — A U.S.-French expedition located the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of April 15, 1912, today on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean roughly 400 miles off Newfoundland. Continue reading Wreckage of Titanic discovered in Atlantic Ocean 40 years ago this hour (Sep 1 1985) →