Video: 'Clinton vs. Dole: The first 1996 presidential debate'

(Sunday, October 6, 1996, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 1996 presidential election campaign) — U.S. President Bill Clinton briskly defended his stewardship tonight as improving the lives of ordinary Americans while former Senator Bob Dole tried to chip at his record by saying that average people had become worse off in the last four years and would prosper with Dole’s proposal for a major tax cut. Continue reading Clinton, Dole spar over Medicare, taxes in first debate 30 years ago this hour (Oct 6 1996) →

Video: 'Kaine vs. Pence: The 2016 vice presidential debate'

(Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign) — Senator Tim Kaine and Gov. Mike Pence repeatedly threw each other on the defensive over their running mates’ policies and character at the vice-presidential debate on tonight at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, with Pence making little effort to directly rebut the near-constant attacks on Donald Trump’s fitness for the presidency.

Video: 'SYND 5 10 76 AGRICULTURE SECRETARY EARL BUTZ ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION'

(Monday, October 4, 1976, Butz spoke at about 1:00 p.m. EDT/Ford spoke at 1:35 p.m. EDT) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz resigned today with an apology for the “gross indiscretion” of an obscene joke he’d made that was derogatory to blacks which had generated a growing clamor and threatened to damage President Gerald Ford’s election campaign. Continue reading Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz quits under fire for racist remark 50 years ago this hour (Oct 4 1976) →

Video: 'Clinton vs. Trump: The first 2016 presidential debate

(Monday, September 26, 2016, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign) — In a relentlessly antagonistic debate tonight at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed over trade, the Iraq war, his refusal to release his tax returns and her use of a private email server, with Trump frequently showing impatience and political inexperience as Clinton pushed him to defend his past denigration of women and President Obama.

(Friday, September 26, 1986, 11:02 a.m. EDT) — William Hubbs Rehnquist took his oath today as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States, and Antonin Scalia took his as the newest Associate Justice. Continue reading Rehnquist, Scalia take their places on U.S. Supreme Court 40 years ago this hour (Sep 26 1986) →

Video: 'President Clinton speaking at the UN (1996)'

(Tuesday, September 24, 1996, 10:03 a.m. EDT) — The United States, represented by President Bill Clinton, and 70 other countries signed a treaty at the United Nations today to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. Continue reading US President Bill Clinton signs treaty banning all nuclear testing 30 years ago this hour (Sep 24 1996) →

Video: 'Ford vs. Carter: The first 1976 presidential debate'

(Thursday, September 23, 1976, 9:30-11:29 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1976) — U.S. President Gerald Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter squared off tonight in the first televised presidential general election debate in 16 years, engaging in a generally civil but pointed exchange over the nation’s economy, government spending, and leadership before an estimated television audience of more than 90 million Americans. Continue reading Ford, Carter face off in first general election debate since 1960 as sound failure interrupts broadcast 50 years ago this hour (Sep 23 1976) →

Video: 'See More Rare Footage From JFK Jr. And Carolyn Bessette's Wedding | TODAY'

(Saturday, September 21, 1996, about 7:30 p.m. EDT) — John F. Kennedy Jr., 35, the only surviving son of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, married publicist Carolyn Bessette, 30, today in a secret ceremony on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Continue reading John F. Kennedy Jr. marries Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island, Georgia 30 years ago this hour (Sep 21 1996) →