Video: 'Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games - Olympic Flame & Opening Ceremony'
(Saturday, July 19, 1996, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Muhammad Ali, who suffered from Parkinson’s decease, dramatically lit the Olympic cauldron and President Bill Clinton officially opened the 1996 Summer Olympics (known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad) tonight at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta. Continue reading 1996 Summer Olympics open in Atlanta 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 19 1996)
Video: 'July 19, 1986 - The wedding of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg'
(Saturday, July 19, 1986) — Caroline Kennedy, 28, the only daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, married exhibit designer Edwin Schlossberg, 41, today at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts.
Video: '1976 Jimmy Carter Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech' (July 15, 1976)
(Thursday, July 15, 1976, evening EDT) — Former Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia, who easily won the nomination on the first ballot the previous night, accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight at the party’s convention meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Continue reading Jimmy Carter accepts Democratic presidential nomination #OnThisDay #OTD (July 15 1976)
Video: '1976 Walter Mondale Democratic Convention Vice President Acceptance Speech' (July 15, 1976)
(Thursday, July 15, 1976) — Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota was nominated vice president today on the first ballot at the 1976 Democratic National Convention meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Continue reading Democrats nominate Walter Mondale for vice president 40 years ago #On This Day #OTD (July 15 1976)
Video: ‘Democratic Nat. Convention 1976 (pre-show)’
(Wednesday, July 14, 1976, 11:43 p.m. EDT) — Former Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia was nominated president tonight at the 1976 Democratic National Convention meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York. Continue reading Democrats nominate Jimmy Carter for president 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 14 1976)
(Saturday, July 11, 1896, 3:00 p.m. local time) — Businessman Arthur Sewall of Maine was nominated vice president today at the 1896 Democratic National Convention meeting at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago. Continue reading Democrats nominate Arthur Sewall for vice president 120 years ago #OTD (July 11 1896)
Video: 'Robert F. Kennedy/Triborough Bridge: 75 Years'
(Saturday, July 11, 1936, noon EDT) — New York City’s Triborough Bridge (now officially the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge) linking Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx was dedicated today at ceremonies held on the central span which were attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(Friday, July 10, 1896, evening local time) — Former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was nominated president today at the 1896 Democratic National Convention meeting at Chicago Coliseum in Chicago. Continue reading Democrats nominate William Jennings Bryan for president 120 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 10 1896)
Video: 'George W. Bush Bio: From the Military to the White House'
(Saturday, July 6. 1946, 7:26 a.m. EDT) — George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009), was born today at Grace-New Haven Hospital (now Yale–New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, as the first child of future President George Herbert Walker Bush and his wife, Barbara Pierce.
Video: 'Disney The American Presidents: John Adams'
(Tuesday, July 4, 1826, 6:20 p.m. local time) — John Adams, the second President of the United States (1797-1801), an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, died today at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, of heart failure. Continue reading Former U.S. President John Adams dies near Quincy, Massachusetts 190 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 4 1826)
