Video: 'Obama vs. Romney: The second 2012 presidential debate'

(Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 United States presidential election campaign) — President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney engaged tonight in one of the most intense clashes in a televised presidential debate, with tensions between them spilling out in interruptions, personal rebukes and accusations of lying as they parried over the last four years under Obama and what the next four would look like under a President Romney. Continue reading Presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bring bare fists to debate rematch 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 2012) →

Video: 'Obama vs. Romney: The first 2012 presidential debate'

(Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. MDT; during the 2012 United States presidential election campaign) — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney tonight accused U.S. President Barack Obama of failing to lead the country out of the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, using the first presidential debate of the 2012 general election campaign to invigorate his candidacy by presenting himself as an equal who can solve problems Obama has been unable to. Continue reading President Obama and Mitt Romney spar over fixing the economy in first debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 3 2012) →

Video: 'Election 2012 | RNC Convention Coverage 8/30 | The New York Times' (coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. EDT, Romney speaks at 10:23 p.m. or 3:23:00 into the video)

(Thursday, August 30, 1992, 10:23 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 Republican National Convention) — Former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, 65, accepted the Republican presidential nomination tonight by making a direct appeal to Americans who were captivated by President Barack Obama’s hopeful promises of change, pledging that he could deliver what the president did not and move the country from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Continue reading Mitt Romney accepts GOP presidential nomination, pledges to deliver country from economic travails 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 30 2012) →

Video: 'U.S. marks official end to Iraq War'

(Thursday, December 15, 2011, morning Arabia Standard Time; during the Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007–2011), part of the Iraq War, the Iraqi conflict and the War on Terror) — After more than eight years, 4,507 American dead and at least 105,052 Iraqi dead, the United States formally ended its long military mission in Iraq today in a solemn ceremony at Baghdad’s international airport. Continue reading U.S. military lowers flag, marking end of Iraq War 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 15 2011) →