Video: 'Warren G. Harding: America's 29th President' (Aug. 9, 1923, at 13:26)
(Thursday, August 9, 1923, 12:40 p.m. EST) — Traveling slowly through long lines of home folks, the funeral train carrying the body of President Warren G. Harding arrived today in Marion, Ohio. The body will lay in state at the home of the late president’s father before burial tomorrow.
Video: 'Hyannis Port, August 1963: 2-5'
(Friday, August 2, 1963, late afternoon) — In a scene captured on film and widely shown in future years, a military helicopter carrying U.S. President John F. Kennedy landed today on the lawn of the Kennedy house at Hyannis Port. Waiting for him are his children and Jackie, obviously pregnant with the couple’s third child and in a simple pink summer dress.
Video: 'Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Progress Report'
(Wednesday, July 28, 1943, 9:30 p.m. EWT; during the Allied invasion of Sicily, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — During a speech on the fall of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt informed the nation that “the first crack in the Axis has come.” He also announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in November 1942.
Video: 'JOHN F. KENNEDY TAPES: Angry at Furniture Purchase'
(Thursday, July 25, 1963) — On the same day the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain initialed a treaty in Moscow prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in space or underwater, an annoyed President John F. Kennedy discussed a with Arthur Sylvester and Gen. Godfrey McHugh a news report on the military purchase of an excessively expensive bed for the then-pregnant First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Continue reading Annoyed President Kennedy discusses excessively expensive bed for pregnant Mrs. Kennedy 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'A Future President Meets JFK'
(Wednesday, July 24, 1963) — Future U.S. President Bill Clinton, 16, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, shook hands today with President John F. Kennedy during a Boys Nation reception at the White House.
(Monday, July 16, 1973; during the Watergate Scandal) — Former White House aide Alexander P. Butterfield publicly revealed the existence of President Richard Nixon’s secret taping system today during the Senate Watergate hearings. Butterfield had already told Senate Watergate Committee staff members privately on July 13, 1973.
Audio: 'July 2, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy visits Pope Paul VI in the Vatican City'
(Tuesday July 2, 1963) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy met Pope Paul VI today at the Vatican, the first meeting between a Catholic U.S. chief executive and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff told the young president that he had prayed for Kennedy’s efforts to end segregation in the United States.
Video: 'June 29, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy arrives at Galway's sports ground, Ireland'
(Saturday, June 29, 1963) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, grinning like a kid who has had the time of his life, said farewell today to Ireland. Continue reading Kennedy ends trip to Ireland with emotional farewell 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'June 28, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy in Cork, Ireland'
(Friday, June 28, 1963) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, on the second full day of his visit to ancestral land, today urged Ireland to move away from isolation toward a role of “maker and shaper of world peace” during an unprecedented address to a joint session of the Dail, Ireland’s parliament, in Dublin (click here for more videos from this day). Continue reading Kennedy urges Irish to move into Allied camp 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'June 27, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy presented with old Irish Silver and New Ross Lace'
(Thursday, June 27, 1963) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy spent the first full day of a visit to Ireland, the land of his ancestors, stopping by the County Wexford home of his great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, who’d emigrated to America in 1848. Kennedy was hosted by his third cousin, widow Mary Ann Ryan (click here for more videos from this day). Continue reading Kennedy visits great-grandfather’s home in Ireland 50 years ago today (1963)
