Video: 'NBC NEWS INAUGURATION 1981 - 10:00 A.M E.T - 2:59 P.M E.T'

(Tuesday, January 20, 1981, 11:57 a.m. EST) — Promising “an era of national renewal,” former California Governor Ronald Reagan, 68, was inaugurated today as the 40th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Warren E. Burger administering the oath of office.
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Video: 'Georgia in the Civil War'

(Saturday, January 19, 1861; ten weeks after the 1860 United States presidential election) — 74 days after Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860 on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, Georgia became the fifth state to secede today when delegates to the Georgia Secession Convention of 1861 meeting at the Milledgeville statehouse voted 208-89 to leave the Union.
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Video: 'Bill Clinton's Farewell Address 2001'

(Thursday, January 18, 2001, 8:00 p.m. EST) — Two days before his term of office expired, U.S. President Bill Clinton said goodbye to the nation tonight, using his final televised address to look back at his administration’s accomplishments and warn the incoming president against retrenching from the world or squandering the country’s economic prosperity. Continue reading President Clinton touts gains as he bid farewell 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 18 2001) →

Video: 'Eisenhower Farewell Address (Best Quality) - 'Military Industrial Complex' WARNING'

(Tuesday, January 27, 1961, 8:30 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower cautioned the nation in a farewell address from the White House tonight to be vigilant against dangers to its liberties implicit in a vast military establishment and a permanent armaments industry unparalleled in peacetime.
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Video: 'Actual Footage of Desert Storm's First Apache Strikes'

(Thursday, January 17, 1991, 2:38 a.m. Arabia Standard Time/Wednesday, January 16, 1991, 6:38 p.m. EST; during the Gulf War air campaign, part of the Gulf War) — The United States and allied forces opened the long-threatened war this morning to drive President Saddam Hussein’s army from Kuwait, striking Baghdad and other targets in Iraq and Kuwait with waves of bombers and cruise missiles launched from naval vessels.
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Video: 'Worst 5 Vice Presidents in American History' (Breckinridge at 2:43)

(Tuesday, January 16, 1821) — John C. Breckinridge, the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States, who served during the administration of President James Buchanan (1857–1861), was born today at Thorn Hill, his family’s estate near Lexington, Kentucky.
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Video: 'Jimmy Carter Farewell Address (January 14 1981)'

(Wednesday, January 14, 1981, 9:00 p.m. EST) — Six days before his term of office expired, U.S. President Jimmy Carter said farewell to the nation tonight in an address from the Oval Office in which he called on Americans to continue the struggle to avoid nuclear war, protect the environment and enhance human rights.
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Video: 'Alabama in the Civil War'

(Friday, January 11, 1861; nine weeks after the 1860 United States presidential election) — 66 days after Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860 on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, Alabama became the fourth Southern state to secede today when delegates to the Alabama Secession Convention meeting in Montgomery voted 61-39 to leave the Union.
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Video: 'Florida in the Civil War'

(Thursday, January 10, 1861; nine weeks after the 1860 United States presidential election) — 65 days after Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election of 1860 on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery into the western territories, Florida became the third state to secede today when a special secession convention formally known as the “Convention of the People of Florida” meeting in Tallahassee voted to leave the Union.
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Video: 'January 9, 1961 - President-Elect John F. Kennedy addresses the Massachusetts State Legislature'

(Monday, January 9, 1961; nearly nine weeks after the 1960 United States presidential election) — 11 days before his inauguration, President-elect John F. Kennedy delivered his “City Upon a Hill” speech, telling Massachusetts legislators today in Boston that he hoped his administration would be judged finally on its qualities of courage, judgment, integrity and dedication. Continue reading President-elect Kennedy pledges rule of integrity in ‘City Upon a Hill’ speech 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 9 1961) →