Video: 'July 13, 1965 | LBJ Press Conference'
(Tuesday, July 13, 1965, 1:00 p.m. EDT) — President Lyndon B. Johnson today nominated Judge Thurgood Marshall to become the first African-American U.S. Solicitor General, the person appointed to represent the federal government before the U.S. Supreme Court. Continue reading Judge Thurgood Marshall named first African-American U.S. Solicitor General 60 years ago this hour (July 13 1965)
(Tuesday, July 8, 1975, 12 noon EDT) — U.S. President Gerald R. Ford announced formally today that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency in 1976 “in order to finish the job I have begun.”
Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' (July 7, 1865, at 31:48)
(Friday, July 7, 1865, 1:26 p.m. local time) — Four people, including Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt, were hanged today in the Old Arsenal Penitentiary courtyard in Washington, D.C., after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading Four Lincoln assassination conspirators executed 160 years ago this hour (July 7 1865)
Video: 'The History of the Medal of Freedom: Honoring America's Greatest'
(Friday, July 6, 1945; during World War II) — The Presidential Medal of Freedom, intended to honor civilians whose actions aided in the war efforts of the U.S. and its allies, was created by President Harry S. Truman today through an executive order.
Video: 'What is the National Labor Relations Act? | Union Facts Friday Episode 16'
(Friday, July 5, 1935, morning EDT; during the Great Depression) — The National Labor Relations Act of 1935, a foundational statute of U.S. labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary was signed today by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Continue reading FDR signs National Labor Relations Act guaranteeing workers’ right to unionize 90 years ago today (July 5 1935)
Video: 'The World At War Episode 24 HD - The Bomb (February – September 1945)' (July 3, 1945, at 16:55)
(Tuesday, July 3, 1945, 11:00 a.m. EDT; during World War II) — Taking the oath of office within twenty-four hours after his nomination as Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes asserted today that there would be no change in basic foreign and peace policies charted by the late U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and no change in State Department personnel until after his return from the Big Three conference in Berlin later this month.
Video: 'August 25, 1955 - Senator Lyndon B. Johnson before flying to Texas to recuperate from heart attack.'
(Saturday, July 2, 1955) — Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, a 60-cigarette-per-day smoker, suffered a near-fatal heart attack today at age 46 and will be unable to return to active duty at this Congressional session (click here for a clip reporting on today’s event on “American Experience: LBJ” at 41:04).
Video: 'Peter Jennings - Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped (1995)' (July 2, 1945, at 43:20)
(Monday, July 2, 1945, 11:00 a.m. EWT; during World War II) — U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson made one last effort to convince President Harry S. Truman that the war might end if the Japanese were offered a chance to surrender with the Emperor left in place during a meeting today at the White House.
Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.9of9.The.Better.Angels.Of.Our.Nature' (June 30, 1865 at 31:48)
(Friday, June 30, 1865, court convened at 11:00 a.m. local time) — Eight people, including Mary Surratt and Dr. Samuel Mudd, were convicted today by a military commission of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading Eight defendants convicted in Lincoln assassination 160 years ago this hour (June 30 1865)
(Friday, June 27, 1995, 9:40 p.m. PDT) — One day before a U.S.-imposed deadline for reaching an auto trade accord with Japan, U.S. President Bill Clinton defended his record as a free-trader today but vowed that he is ready to slap punitive tariffs on Japanese luxury cars if there isn’t a deal. Continue reading U.S. President Bill Clinton defends free-trade record but warns Japan 30 years ago today (June 27 1995)
