Video: 'ABC NEWS - ELECTION NIGHT- 2012 (7.00 P.M E.T - 2.00 A.M E.T)'
(Tuesday, November 6, 2012; during the 2012 United States presidential election) — Democratic President Barack Obama of Illinois was re-elected the 44th president of the United States today, defeating Republican former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Continue reading U.S. President Barack Obama re-elected over Republican Mitt Romney 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 2012)
Video: 'Superstorm Sandy' (20 videos)
(Monday, October 29, 2012, approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT; part of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane and 2012–13 North American winter seasons) — The storm that began as Hurricane Sandy and hit several Caribbean countries made landfall tonight in New Jersey — after being reclassified as a still-powerful post-tropical cyclone — and slowly marched inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages. Continue reading Superstorm Sandy slams ashore in New Jersey and slowly marches inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 2012)
Video: 'Obama vs. Romney: The third 2012 presidential debate'
(Monday, October 22, 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 wrapped up a series of three presidential debates tonight with a bristling exchange over America’s place in the world as each sought to portray the other as an unreliable commander in chief in a dangerous era. Continue reading President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bristle on foreign policy in third and final debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 2012)
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: 'Biden vs. Ryan: The 2012 vice presidential debate'
(Thursday, October 11, 2012, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 United States presidential election campaign) — Vice President Joe Biden and Representative Paul Ryan fiercely quarreled at the only vice-presidential debate of the general election campaign tonight in Newlin Hall on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Continue reading Vice President Biden and Paul Ryan quarrel aggressively in VP debate, offering contrasts 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 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: 'US consulate attack in Libya'
(Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 9:42 p.m. Eastern European Time; during the 2012 Benghazi attack) — Members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia launched a fiery nightlong attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost and a CIA annex tonight in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith. Continue reading U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans killed when Islamic militants attack two U.S. government facilities in Benghazi, Libya 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 11 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: 'Witnesses describe what happened in the theater at the Aurora, Colorado shooting'
(Friday, July 20, 2012, 12:38-12:45 a.m. MDT; during the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting) — A gunman set off tear gas grenades and opened fire early this morning at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises at a theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and wounding 70 others, 58 of them from gunfire. Continue reading Twelve people murdered in Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 20 2012)
Video: 'Monkees' Davy Jones dies'
(Wednesday, February 29, 2012, morning EST) — English singer, actor and businessman Davy Jones, the heartthrob singer who helped propel the made-for-TV rock band The Monkees to the top of the pop charts as an American version of the Beatles, died today. He was 66. Continue reading Former Monkee Davy Jones, 66, dies of sudden massive heart attack 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 29 2012)
