Category Archives: U.S. Presidents

Mondale, Dole hold first vice presidential debate 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 15 1976)

1970s, Television 1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: '1976 Vice Presidential Debate'

(Friday, October 15, 1976, 9:30-11:00 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1976) — Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole met tonight at the Alley Theater in Houston, Texas, in a sporadically acrimonious debate, the first ever between vice-presidential nominees, and argued whether Republican fiscal prudence or Democratic social programs would best serve the nation’s economy. Continue reading Mondale, Dole hold first vice presidential debate 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 15 1976) →

Economy dominates Gore-Kemp vice presidential debate 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1996)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Oct 9, 1996 - VP Debate Between Gore & Kemp'

(Wednesday, October 9, 1996, 9:00 p.m. EDT; during the 1996 presidential election campaign) — Vice President Al Gore and his Republican challenger, Jack Kemp, faced off tonight in a 90-minute debate that presented voters with rival economic messages and partisan cross-sniping over social issues like abortion and affirmative action that have received scant airing in the Presidential contest. Continue reading Economy dominates Gore-Kemp vice presidential debate 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 9 1996) →

Ford stumbles in second debate with Carter, denies ‘Soviet domination of Eastern Europe’ 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 6 1976)

1970s, Television 1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Jimmy Carter - Gerald Ford Presidential Candidates Debate #2 (1976)'

(Wednesday, October 6, 1976, 9:30-11:00 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1976) — U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, in his second presidential debate with Democrat Jimmy Carter, said tonight that there was “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.” Continue reading Ford stumbles in second debate with Carter, denies ‘Soviet domination of Eastern Europe’ 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 6 1976) →

Clinton, Dole spar over Medicare, taxes in first debate 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 6 1996)

1990s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Oct 6, 1996 - 1st Presidential Debate Clinton & Dole'

(Sunday, October 6, 1996, 9:00 p.m. EDT; during the 1996 presidential election campaign) — U.S. President Bill Clinton briskly defended his stewardship tonight as improving the lives of ordinary Americans while former Senator Bob Dole tried to chip at his record by saying that average people had become worse off in the last four years and would prosper with Dole’s proposal for a major tax cut. Continue reading Clinton, Dole spar over Medicare, taxes in first debate 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 6 1996) →

Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1986)

1980s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'G15108605'

(Sunday, October 5, 1986, afternoon CST) — In an incident that helped expose the Iran-Contra affair, a plane secretly ferrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contra rebels was shot down over southern Nicaragua today by Sandinista forces. Continue reading Plane shot down over southern Nicaragua, exposing Iran–Contra affair 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1986) →

Agriculture Secretary Butz quits under fire for racist remark 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 4 1976)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'SYND 5 10 76 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY EARL BUTZ ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION'

(Monday, October 4, 1976, Butz spoke at about 1:00 p.m. EDT/Ford spoke at 1:35 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned today with an apology for the “gross indiscretion” of an obscene joke he’d made that was derogatory to blacks which had generated a growing clamor and threatened to damage President Gerald Ford’s election campaign. Continue reading Agriculture Secretary Butz quits under fire for racist remark 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 4 1976) →

Democrats nominate Walter Mondale for vice president 40 years ago #On This Day #OTD (July 15 1976)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


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) →

Democrats nominate Jimmy Carter for president 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (July 14 1976)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


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) →

Democrats nominate Arthur Sewall for vice president 120 years ago #OTD (July 11 1896)

1890s, U.S. Presidents

(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) →