Video: 'October 9, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy says 'Yes' for wheat for Russia'
(Wednesday, October 9, 1963, 6:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced the sale of U.S. wheat to Russia and communist nations of Eastern Europe during a news conference tonight (click here for extended audio of the news conference). Continue reading Kennedy okays sale of U.S. wheat to Russians 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Speech with Music
(Saturday, October 3, 1863; during the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln today proclaimed the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day in an attempt to foster a sense of American unity between the Northern and Southern states.
Video: 'John F. Kennedy (USA), General Assembly (20 September 1963)'
(Friday, September 20, 1963, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy urged in a major policy speech before the United Nations today that the United States and Russia become partners in space and put a man on the moon together as a positive step toward ending the Cold War.
Kennedy told the 18th UN General Assembly session that East and West could engage in a “contest of achievement instead of intimidation.”
Video: 'CLINTON, BUSH, CARTER, FORD - TOGETHER at the White House for NAFTA'
(Tuesday, September 14, 1993) — Flanked by three predecessors at the White House in Washington, U.S. President Bill Clinton today signed side deals to a three-nation free trade agreement and opened a high-profile campaign to promote the much criticized accord. Continue reading Four presidents join to push NAFTA 20 years ago today (1993)
Video: 'JFK PRESS CONFERENCE #61 (SEPTEMBER 12, 1963)'
(Thursday, September 12, 1963, afternoon EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy placed the Saigon Government on notice today that the United States was not in Vietnam “to see a war lost.”
Video: '"JFK: IN HIS OWN WORDS" (1988)' (Sept. 11, 1953, at 9:36)
(Friday, September 11, 1953) — The Kennedy family was filmed having fun today on the eve of U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy’s wedding to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island.
Video: 'Quebec Conference' (Aug. 25, 1943, at 8:26)
(Wednesday, August 25, 1943; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the people of Canada today that if Adolf Hitler and his generals had attended the First Quebec Conference they would have realized that “surrender would pay them better now than later.” Continue reading Roosevelt warns Nazis to surrender now 70 years ago today (1943)
Video: 'Quebec Conference' (Aug. 24, 1943, at 7:55)
(Tuesday, August 24, 1943,; during World War II) — The First Quebec Conference (codenamed “QUADRANT”), a highly secret military conference between the British, Canadian and United States governments, concluded today in Quebec City, Canada. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill conclude First Quebec Conference 70 years ago today (1943)
Video: 'The World At War: Morning 1/5' (Aug. 17-24, 1943, at 3:17)
(Tuesday, August 17, 1943,; during World War II) — The First Quebec Conference (codenamed “QUADRANT”), a highly secret military conference between the British, Canadian and United States governments, began today in Quebec City, Canada.
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt (hosted by Canada’s prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King) would agree to begin discussions for the planning of the invasion of France and an increase in the bombing offensive against Germany.
There were also discussions about improving the coordination of efforts to develop an atomic bomb.
Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 10, 1923, at 13:42)
(Friday, August 10, 1923, 4:18 p.m. EST) — The casket containing the body of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, was placed in the vine-covered vault prepared for it in the Marion Cemetery today. It will rest there until his fellow townsmen decide on the form of the memorial they would erect to honor Marion’s greatest son.
