Video: 'The 20th Amendment Explained: The Lame Duck'

(Monday, January 23, 1933, 10:01 a.m. CST) — The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3, was adopted today when Missouri became the 36th state to ratify it, satisfying the required three-fourths approval of the then-existing 48 states. Continue reading Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution reducing ‘lame duck’ periods adopted 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 23 1933) →

Video: 'CBS Evening News (1/22/1973) - Lyndon B. Johnson Death' (LBJ's death reported at 8:28)

(Monday, January 22, 1973, suffered a massive heart attack at 3:39 p.m CST, declared dead at 4:33 p.m. CST) — Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969, died this afternoon after suffering a massive heart attack at his ranch in Stonewall, Texas. He was 64. Continue reading Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, 64, dies in San Antonio, Texas 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1973) →

Video: 'The Inauguration of Barack Obama 2013'

(Monday, January 21, 2013, 11:50 a.m. EST) — President Barack Hussein Obama II of Illinois re-took the oath of office today for a second term as the 44th president of the United States at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Continue reading President Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden publicly sworn in for second terms 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 2013) →

Video: 'Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 [SOUND!]'

(Tuesday, January 20, 1953, 12:32 p.m. EST) — Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower of New York took the oath of office today as the 34th president of the United States at the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Dwight D. Eisenhower sworn in as 34th president of the United States, Richard Nixon as 36th VP 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1953) →

Video: '1973 US Presidential Inauguration - CBS Coverage'

(Saturday, January 20, 1973, 12:01 p.m. EST) — President Richard Milhous Nixon of California took the oath of office today for a second term as the 37th president of the United States at the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Continue reading President Richard Nixon, VP Spiro Agnew sworn in for second terms 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1973) →

(Wednesday, January 20, 1993, 11:59 a.m. EST) — Former Governor William “Bill” Jefferson Clinton of Arkansas took the oath of office today as the 42nd president of the United States at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Bill Clinton sworn in as 42nd president of the United States, Al Gore as 45th VP 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 20 1993) →

Video: 'Rutherford B. Hayes: His Fraudulency (1877 - 1881)'

(Tuesday, January 17, 1893, 11:00 p.m. local time) — Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States (1877-1881), died this evening of complications of a heart attack at his home at Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio. He was 70. Continue reading Former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, 70, dies in Fremont, Ohio 130 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 17 1893) →

Video: '[Peace Insight] North Korea's Withdrawal from the NPT'

(Friday, January 10, 2003; during the Korean conflict) — The North Korean nuclear-weapons crisis intensified today as Pyongyang announced it is withdrawing from the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Continue reading North Korea announces its withdrawal from Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 20 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 10 2003) →