(Monday, April 7, 1952) — U.S. Rep. John F. Kennedy, a Democrat from Massachusetts, officially announced today he would run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, a Republican.
Category Archives: U.S. Presidents
First Lady Pat Nixon born 100 years ago today (1912)
Video: Pat Nixon tribute (1972)
(Saturday, March 16, 1912) — Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon, who served as First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974, was born today in the small mining town of Ely, Nevada.
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Jefferson establishes U.S. Military Academy at West Point 210 years ago today (1802)
Video: West Point Military Academy, New York
(Tuesday, March 16, 1802) — President Thomas Jefferson signed a measure today authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
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Ted Kennedy announces he’ll seek brother’s old Senate seat 50 years ago today (1962)
Video: 2008 Ted Kennedy tribute
(Wednesday, March 14, 1962) — Democrat Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy officially launched in Boston today his successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat from Massachusetts held by his brother, President John F. Kennedy, from 1953 to 1960.
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Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis 60 years ago today (1952)
(Tuesday, March 4, 1952) — Ronald Reagan, 41, and Nancy Davis, 30, were married today in a simple ceremony designed to avoid the press at the Little Brown Church in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.
The only people in attendance were actor William Holden, the best man, and his wife, actress Brenda Marshall, the matron of honor.
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Nixons depart China, ending historic visit 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: Shanghai Communique comes together (at 3:44)
(Sunday, February 27, 1972, 9:12 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon departed China this morning (10:12 a.m. local time, Feb. 28, 1972) with a goodbye wave from a solemn Premier Chou En-lai in his gray tunic. Nixon and his wife Pat spent a week in China, an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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Taiwan jarred by Shanghai Communique 40 years ago this hour (1972)
Video: Shanghai Communique comes together (at 0:13)
(Sunday, February 27, 1972) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued the Shanghai Communique at the conclusion of Nixon’s historic visit to China, a step toward the eventual normalization of relations between the two countries.
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Nixon calls for ‘open world’ as he visits China’s Great Wall 40 years ago today (1972)
Video: Nixon visits Great Wall of China (at 1:47)
(Thursday, February 24, 1972) — U.S. President Richard M. Nixon visited the Great Wall of China today and called for an end to “walls of any kind between peoples.”
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Former President Theodore Roosevelt announces he’ll run again 100 years ago tonight (1912)
(Saturday, February 24, 1912) — Former President Theodore Roosevelt announced tonight (in the form of a written reply to seven GOP governors asking him to run) that he would “accept the nomination for president if it is tendered me,” directly challenging his successor, President William H. Taft, for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Tsongas wins, but Clinton is ‘comeback kid,’ Buchanan stuns Bush in NH primary 20 years ago today (1992)
(Tuesday, February 18, 1992) — Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul Tsongas won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary today while Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton ran a strong second and proclaimed himself “the comeback kid” after weeks of controversy.
In the Republican race, incumbent President Bush won an unconvincing victory, surviving angry voters who gave conservative challenger Patrick Buchanan a strong second place.
