(Thursday, June 29, 1876) — Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana was almost unanimously nominated vice president today on the first ballot at the 1876 Democratic National Convention meeting at the Merchants Exchange Building in St. Louis. Continue reading Democrats nominate Thomas A. Hendricks for vice president 140 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (June 29 1876)
Video: 'Scenes from the 1936 Democratic Party National Convention in Philadelphia HD Stock Footage'
(Saturday, June 27, 1936, 12:42 a.m. EDT) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York was nominated for a second term by acclamation this morning at the 1936 Republican National Convention meeting at Convention Hall in Philadelphia. Continue reading Democrats nominate FDR for a second term 80 years ago this hour (June 27 1936)
Video: 'American Experience - FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) - Part 1/2 (PBS Documentary' (Mar. 30, 1945, at 2:08:24)
(Good Friday, March 30, 1945; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Warm Springs, Georgia, today suffering from exhaustion.
The great push to end the war was on, and Roosevelt needed to recuperate to lead it and take part in the momentous events afterward. Total rest was his doctor’s recommendation, and for several days he followed the instructions.
Video: 'A Kennedy Climbs Mr. Kennedy (1965)'
(Wednesday, March 24, 1965, 5:00 p.m. EST) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy reached the top of Mount Kennedy today and became the first person to scale the 13,900-foot peak. Continue reading Robert Kennedy places flag on summit of mountain named for his brother 50 years ago this hour (Mar 24 1965)
Video: 'Eleanor & Franklin (1976) - ABC: Wedding Day'
(Friday, March 17, 1905, afternoon local time) — President Theodore Roosevelt visited New York City today to attend the wedding of his niece, Eleanor Roosevelt, 20, to her fifth cousin and future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 23, at the home of Eleanor’s grandmother on East 76th Street. The president gave the bride away. Continue reading Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt in New York City 110 years ago today (Mar 17 1905)
Video: 'State of the Union: President Reagan's State of the Union Speech - 2/6/85'
(Wednesday, February 6, 1985, 9:00 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan called tonight for “a second American revolution of hope and opportunity” in a State of the Union address that celebrated economic and scientific achievements and made scant mention of the spending sacrifices his new budget asks of a broad spectrum of Americans.
Video: 'State of the Union Address'
(Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 9:00 p.m. EST) — In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush called tonight for changes in Social Security that would combine reduced government benefits for younger workers with “a chance to build a nest egg” through personal accounts.
Video: 'December 21, 1954 - Senator John F. Kennedy recovering from spinal operations'
(Tuesday, December 21, 1954) — Senator John F. Kennedy was taken by stretcher to a special plane today so he could be flown from the New York Hospital for Special Surgery to the Kennedy home in Palm Beach, Florida, more than two months after undergoing a spinal operation.
Image: John Wilkes Booth, Edwin Booth and Junius Booth, Jr. (from left to right) in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in 1864.
(Friday, November 25, 1864, evening local time; during American Civil War) — Actor John Wilkes Booth (later the assassin of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln) played Mark Antony today in a benefit performance of Julius Caesar at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City (with his brothers Junius, Jr. and Edwin). This landmark production raised funds to erect a statue of Shakespeare in Central Park, which remains to this day. Continue reading John Wilkes Booth acts in ‘Julius Caesar’ benefit performance in New York City 150 years ago tonight (Nov 25 1864)
Video: 'Meeting in Vladivostok (1974)' (Nov. 23-24, 1974)
(Sunday, November 24, 1974) — American President Gerald Ford and Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev agreed today to terms that would limit both nations an “equal aggregate number” of various weapons on the second and final day of the Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control.
