Video: 'Situation Critical - S01E05 - Downed Pilot' (rescue at 42:30)

(Thursday, June 8, 1995, 6:44 a.m. CEST; during Operation Deny Flight, part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia) — United States marines staged an audacious rescue mission into the Bosnian war zone after dawn today, snatching up a missing American fighter pilot from his hiding place in the woods and helicoptering him to safety through a smattering of Bosnian Serb missile and machine-gun fire. Continue reading Downed U.S. pilot rescued in Bosnia in daring raid 30 years ago this hour (June 8 1995) →

Video: 'Situation Critical - S01E05 - Downed Pilot'

(Friday, June 2, 1995, 3:03 p.m. CEST; during Operation Deny Flight, part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia) — A U.S. Air Force F-16C was shot down today by a Bosnian Serb surface-to-air missile while on a NATO air patrol in northern Bosnia; the pilot, Capt. Scott F. O’Grady, was rescued by U.S. Marines six days later.

(Wednesday, May 24 1995) — Twenty-one years after he left the national scene in disgrace, former U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew returned to a merciful, mustier fate in the corridors of power today and beamed as a bust of himself was unveiled outside the Senate (click here to watch a video of the ceremony). Continue reading Former Vice President Agnew enshrined on Capitol Hill 30 years ago today (May 24 1995) →

Video: 'How OKC bombing unfolded on live TV 20 years ago'

(Wednesday, April 19, 1995, 9:02 am CDT) — A truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City this morning, killing 168 people and leaving another 680 people injured. Continue reading 168 people killed in Oklahoma City bombing 30 years ago this hour (Apr 19 1995) →