Video: 'Great White Fleet - Decades TV Network'

(Monday, December 16, 1907, 10:00 a.m. local time) — President Theodore Roosevelt was on hand today at Hampton Roads, Virginia, when 16 U.S. Navy battleships with 14,000 sailors and marines, which came to be known as the Great White Fleet, set sail today on a 14-month, 43,000-mile round-the-world voyage to demonstrate American sea power. Continue reading ‘Great White Fleet’ sets sail 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 16 1907) →

Video: ‘ADEA – Age Discrimination in Employment Act’ (4 videos)

(Friday, December 15, 1967, 1:32 p.m. EST) — The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, a labor law that forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the United States, was signed into law today by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Continue reading Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 signed into law 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 15 1967) →

(Tuesday, December 15, 1987; during the 1988 Democratic presidential primaries) — Declaring “let the people decide,” former Senator Gary Hart of Colorado announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency for the second time today, having dropped out of the race in May 1987 following news reports that he had spent a weekend with Donna Rice, a 29-year-old actress and model (click here to watch the video).