Video: 'PBS LBJ Part 1' (1937 campaign at 5:38)
(Saturday, May 11, 1937, 9:10 a.m. CDT) — One month after Lyndon B. Johnson, 28, was elected to Congress, his political hero, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, stopped today in Galveston, Texas, on his return from a fishing trip and posed with the new lawmaker and Governor James Allred. Continue reading FDR and LBJ meet in Galveston, Texas 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 11 1937)
Video: 'Martin Van Buren & the Panic of 1837'
(Wednesday, May 10, 1837) — The Panic of 1837, a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s, began today when banks in New York City suspended specie payments, meaning that they would no longer redeem commercial paper in specie at full face value. Continue reading Panic of 1837 financial crisis begins 180 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1837)
Video: 'Gary Hart campaign withdraw; Dan Rather, Geraldine Ferraro (May 8, 1987)'
(Friday, May 8, 1987, scheduled for 10:00 a.m. MDT) — Senator Gary Hart of Colorado, the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, dropped out of the race today over allegations of an extramarital affair with Miami model Donna Rice and after the Washington Post threatened to run a story about a woman Hart had dated while separated from his wife. Continue reading Sex scandal forces Gary Hart out of Democratic presidential race this hour 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1987)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 2' (May 8, 1957, at 16:55)
(Wednesday, May 8, 1957, noon EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Cold War) — U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower personally received South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem today at the National Airport in Washington, D.C., as the South Vietnamese president arrived aboard Eisenhower’s plane, the Columbine III, a silver Constellation, on a state visit to the U.S. Continue reading President Eisenhower welcomes South Vietnamese President Diem for state visit this hour 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1957)
Video: 'David Frost extracts apology from Richard Nixon in famed interview'
(Wednesday, May 4, 1977, 7:30-9:00 p.m. EDT) — In the first of a four-part series of exclusive interviews by David Frost, former President Richard M. Nixon said tonight that he had “let the American people down” by lying, disregarding his constitutional oath and abetting the Watergate cover-up while in the White House (click here to watch an extended video from the interviews). Continue reading Nixon tells Frost he ‘let the American people down’ 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 4 1977)
(Thursday, May 3, 2007, 8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. EDT) — Ten Republican presidential candidates held their first debate of the 2008 race tonight at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, criticizing the Bush administration’s management the Iraq War but insisting that U.S. troops should not be withdrawn (click here to watch the full debate).
Video: 'Almanac: The Gary Hart scandal'
(Sunday, May 3, 1987, scheduled for 10:00 a.m. MDT) — The Miami Herald said today its reporters had observed a young woman (later identified as Miami model Donna Rice) spending “Friday night and most of Saturday” at a Washington townhouse belonging to Senator Gary Hart of Colorado, the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. Continue reading Democratic presidential front-runner Gary Hart linked to woman 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 3 1987)
Video: 'Frost/Nixon'
(Sunday, May 1, 1977, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT) — David Frost promoted his upcoming television interviews with President Richard Nixon tonight on the CBS News magazine program 60 Minutes, speaking with Mike Wallace about what viewers could expect and what the former president hoped to gain. Continue reading ’60 Minutes’ previews Frost’s interview with Nixon 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 1 1977)
Video: 'American Experience Hoover Dam'
(Wednesday, April 30, 1947) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed a resolution today changing the name of Boulder Dam, a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona, to Hoover Dam, after former President Herbert Hoover. Continue reading Boulder Dam officially renamed Hoover Dam 70 years ago today #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 30 1947)
(Thursday, April 26, 2007, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EDT) — Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls gathered in Orangeburg, South Carolina, tonight for their first debate of the 2008 campaign, during which they heaped criticism on President George W. Bush’s Iraq policy (click here to watch the full debate).
