Video: 'Spiro Agnew ...... Go Quietly Or Else'
(Tuesday, September 17, 1996, about 3:00 p.m. EDT) — Spiro T. Agnew, who was forced to resign as the 39th Vice President of the United States in 1973 when he pleaded no contest to a charge of income-tax evasion, died today at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Maryland, after struggling with undiagnosed acute leukemia. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew dies 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 17 1996)
Video: 'The Duel - Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr'
(Wednesday, September 14, 1836) — Aaron Burr, the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805), serving during President Thomas Jefferson’s first term, best known for killing his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a famous duel, died today in a boardinghouse on Staten Island, New York, two years after suffering a debilitating stroke. He was 80. Continue reading Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr dies 180 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 14 1836)
Video: 'Boulder Dam (1936)'
(Friday, September 11, 1936, 3:20 p.m. EDT; during the Great Depression) — Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) began operation today as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a key today in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator.
Video: 'President Clinton's Remarks at the 1996 Democratic National Convention'
(Thursday, August 29, 1996, 9:00 p.m. CDT) — President Bill Clinton of Arkansas accepted the Democratic nomination for a second term tonight at the 1996 Democratic National Convention meeting at the United Center in Chicago. Continue reading President Clinton accepts Democratic presidential nomination 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 29 1996)
Video: 'A Brief History of the National Park Service | ABC News'
(Friday, August 25, 1916) — President Woodrow Wilson signed an act today establishing the National Park Service, an agency of the United States federal government that manages all U.S. national parks, many American national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations within the Department of the Interior. Continue reading President Wilson signs legislation creating the National Park Service 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 25 1916)
Video: 'Eisenhower and Nixon 1956 Acceptance Speeches'
(Thursday, August 23, 1956, 6:18 p.m. PDT) — U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Kansas accepted the Republican nomination for President tonight at the 1956 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Continue reading President Eisenhower accepts Republican presidential nomination 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 23 1956)
Video: 'PBS American Experience The Kennedys: The Father 1900 - 1961' (Aug. 21, 1936, at 23:16)
(Friday, August 21, 1936) — In a book entitled I’m For Roosevelt, published today, Joseph P. Kennedy, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, presented arguments for why businessmen should support the New Deal and President Franklin Roosevelt for re-election. Continue reading Joseph Kennedy endorses FDR polices in new book 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 21 1936)
Video: 'The End of the Civil War (August 20) | This Day in History #20'
(Monday, August 20, 1866; during the Reconstruction Era) — Months after fighting in the American Civil War had ended, President Andrew Johnson today issued Proclamation 157, which declared that “peace, order, tranquility, and civil authority now exist in and throughout the whole of the United States of America.” Continue reading President Andrew Johnson formally declares American Civil War over 150 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 20 1866)
Video: '1976 Gerald Ford Republican Convention Acceptance Speech'
(Thursday, August 19, 1976, 10:45 p.m. CDT) — President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan accepted the Republican nomination for President tonight at the 1976 Republican National Convention meeting at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Continue reading President Ford accepts Republican presidential nomination 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 19 1976)
Video: 'Bill Clinton: Mini Biography'
(Monday, August 19, 1946, 8:51 a.m. CST) — Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001), was born William Jefferson Blythe III today at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas. Continue reading U.S. President Bill Clinton born in Hope, Arkansas 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 19 1946)
