Video: 'Arthur Goldberg resigns from UN 1968'

(Tuesday, August 28, 1962) — Ailing Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter resigned today after serving 23 years and President John F. Kennedy promptly nominated Arthur Goldberg to succeed him.

(Monday, August 27, 1962, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — State Attorney General Edward J. McCormack Jr., challenging Edward Moore Kennedy (the 30-year-old brother of President John F. Kennedy) in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, accused Kennedy in a TV debate tonight of attempting to get elected on his brother’s coattails. Continue reading Ted Kennedy takes jabs in Senate primary debate 50 years ago this hour (1962) →

Video: Nixon attends youth rally with Davis (at 1:47)

(Tuesday, August 22, 1972, evening) — Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr., grabbed a startled U.S. President Richard Nixon from behind and squeezed his arms while Nixon talked to about 8,000 of his youthful supporters at a youth rally tonight in Miami, Florida. Continue reading Nixon renominated, embraced by Sammy Davis, Jr. 40 years ago tonight (1972) →

Video: 'Republican National Convention: President Reagan's Address at the 1992 RNC - 8/17/92'

(Monday, August 17, 1992) — Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, 81, trying to boost the troubled re-election presidential campaign of his former vice president, told the 1992 Republican National Convention at the Astrodome in Houston tonight that America needs George H.W. Bush, “a steady hand on the tiller through the chopper waters of the 90s.”

Video: 'NIXON TAPES: Mad at Press over Pat Nixon Interview'

(Wednesday, August 16, 1972, 3:58 p.m. EDT) — An annoyed President Richard Nixon telephoned his Chief of Staff H. R. (Bob) Haldeman today from his Camp David mountain retreat about an interview that his wife, First Lady Pat Nixon, recently did on CBS-TV. Continue reading Angry President Nixon responds to wife’s interview on CBS-TV 40 years ago this hour (1972) →

Video: 'Herbert Hoover at the Dedication of the Hoover Presidential Library - Museum'

(Friday, August 10, 1962) — The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated today in West Branch, Iowa, on the 88th birthday of the former president, who attended the ceremony along with former President Harry S Truman.

Video: 'UVic Legacy Awards - Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey -- Alumni Legacy Award' (JFK awards Kelsey at 1:57)

(Tuesday, August 7, 1962) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy awarded Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official Dr. Frances O. Kelsey the Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Medal today for her diligence in blocking approval of thalidomide, a sedative found to cause severe birth defects.

(Wednesday, August 1, 1962) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy today promised stiffer government controls to avert drug tragedies and urges every woman in the country to guard against take thalidomide, blamed for thousands of malformed births in Europe.

(Thursday, July 16, 1992) — Gov. Bill Clinton and his running mate, Sen. Al Gore (click here to watch his acceptance speech earlier tonight), opened their general election campaign tonight with a stern attack on President Bush’s economic policies and a vision for a Democratic administration that would have as its priorities jobs, health care, AIDS research, the environment and political reform (click here to watch the full speech in better quality). Continue reading Clinton, Gore accept nominations, appeal to middle class 20 years ago tonight (1992) →