Video: 'James K. Polk's Inaugural Address in 1845'
(Tuesday, March 4, 1845, approximately noon local time) — Former House Speaker James K. Polk of Tennessee was inaugurated today as the 11th President of the United States at the East Portico of the United States Capitol with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administering oath of office. Continue reading Polk sworn in as 11th U.S. President, Dallas as 11th VP 180 years ago today (Mar 4 1845)
Video: 'John Quincy Adams' Inaugural Address'
(Friday, March 4, 1825, approximately noon local time) — John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, 57, was inaugurated today as the sixth President of the United States in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice John Marshall administering oath of office. Continue reading Adams sworn in as 6th U.S. President, Calhoun as 7th VP 200 years ago today (Mar 4 1825)
Video: 'Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Addresses' (Mar. 4, 1805, at 11:22)
(Monday, March 4, 1805, approximately noon local time) — President Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated today for a second term of office in the Senate Chamber of the United States Capitol with Chief Justice John Marshall administering oath of office. Continue reading Jefferson sworn in for second term as U.S. President, Clinton as 4th VP 220 years ago today (Mar 4 1805)
Video: 'USA president Ronald Reagan praising taliban, they are moral equal to our founding fathers.'
(Friday, March 1, 1985, 9:35 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan said tonight that the rebels seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan Government were the “moral equal of our Founding Fathers.” Continue reading President Reagan terms Nicaraguan rebels ‘moral equal of founding fathers’ 40 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1985)
Video: 'Roosevelt Reports To Congress On Yalta Parley 220469-16.mp4 | Footage Farm'
(Thursday, March 1, 1945, 12:08 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — In what turned out to be his final public speech, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid responsibility for future world peace squarely in the lap of the Senate today in a historic appeal to a special joint session of Congress for full assumption by the United States of its responsibilities in “keeping the peace.” Continue reading FDR proclaims Yalta Conference a success in address to Congress 80 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1945)
Video: '21st February 1885: the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. was dedicated'
(Saturday, February 21, 1885) — The Washington Monument, an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the early Continental Army and the first American president, was officially dedicated today by President Chester A. Arthur during ceremonies. Continue reading Washington Monument dedicated 140 years ago today (Feb 21 1885)
Video: 'SYND 21 2 75 WATERGATE SENTENCES PASSED'
(Friday, February 21, 1975, 9:29 a.m. EST; during the Watergate scandal) — John N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, three of the most powerful men in the nation during the Nixon Administration, were sentenced today to serve two and a half to eight years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up. Continue reading Top Nixon aides sentenced to prison for Watergate cover-up in historic judgment 50 years ago this hour (Feb 21 1975)
Video: 'The War of 1812 - History - Documentary' (Treaty of Ghent at 1:46:49)
(Friday, February 17, 1815, 11:00 p.m. local time; during the War of 1812) — The War of 1812 formally ended tonight when U.S. President James Madison exchanged ratification documents for the Treaty of Ghent with a British representative. Continue reading War of 1812 ends as United States and Britain ratify Treaty of Ghent 210 years ago this hour (Feb 17 1815)
Video: 'Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three'
(Sunday, February 11, 1945, 3:45 p.m. local time; during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin today signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany’s capitulation. Continue reading Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin sign Yalta Agreement 80 years ago this hour (Feb 11 1945)
Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1824'
(Wednesday, February 9, 1825, during the 1824 United States presidential election) — The U.S. House of Representatives elected Secretary of State John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts the sixth president of the United States today after no candidate had received a majority of electoral votes in the general election. Continue reading House of Representatives elect John Quincy Adams sixth president of the United States 200 years ago today (Feb 9 1825)
