Video: '1968 Democratic Convention' (Aug. 26, 1968, at 19:49)

(Monday, August 26, 1968 7:30 p.m. CDT; during the 1968 Democratic National Convention) — The Democratic National Convention, unsettled by a brushfire movement to draft Senator Edward M. Kennedy for President, plunged into fights on its rules and on the seating of disputed delegations soon after it opened tonight at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago. Continue reading 1968 Democratic National Convention opens 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 26 1968) →

Video: '1968 Democratic Convention' (Aug. 25, 1968, at 1:18)

(Sunday, August 25, 1968) — Vice President Hubert Humphrey, front-runner for the presidential nomination, arrived today at O’Hare International Airport for the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which would begin the following day. Continue reading VP Humphrey arrives in Chicago for Democratic Convention 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 25 1968) →

Video: 'Inside The Lincoln Douglas Debates - Documentary'

(Saturday, August 21, 1858, 2:30 p.m. local time) — The first of seven Lincoln–Douglas debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate, took place today in Ottawa (click here to watch a reenactment of today’s debate). Continue reading First Lincoln–Douglas debate held 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 21 1858) →

Video: 'Acceptance Speech | President George H.W. Bush | 1988 Republican National Convention'

(Thursday, August 18, 1988, scheduled for 8:50 p.m. CDT; during the 1988 Republican National Convention) — Vice President George H.W. Bush accepted the Republican presidential nomination tonight at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, with a pledge not raise taxes (“read my lips: no new taxes”) and praise for America’s clubs and volunteer organizations (“thousand points of light”). Continue reading Bush accepts GOP POTUS nomination 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1988) →

Video: 'Dan Quayle 1988 VP nomination acceptance speech'

(Thursday, August 18, 1988, scheduled for 8:25 p.m. CDT; during the 1988 Republican National Convention) — Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination tonight at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, predicting that a victory by Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis would guarantee fewer jobs. Continue reading Quayle accepts GOP VPOTUS nomination 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1988) →

Video: 'The Thousand Islands Bridge (1938)'

(Thursday, August 18, 1938, 3:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King today dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, connecting northern New York in the United States with southeastern Ontario in Canada. Continue reading Thousand Islands Bridge dedicated 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 18 1938) →

Video: 'Clinton about his relationship with Lewinsky 8-17-1998'

(Monday, August 17, 1998, at 10:02 p.m. EDT; during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal) — U.S. President Bill Clinton acknowledged tonight during a live television address that he had an inappropriate relationship with onetime intern Monica S. Lewinsky and deceived the American people about it, but he defiantly challenged independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr to stop “prying into private lives.” Continue reading Clinton publicly admits to Lewinsky affair 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1998) →

Video: 'President Clinton Deposition'

(Monday, August 17, 1998, scheduled for 1:00 p.m. EDT; during the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal) — Bill Clinton, who became the first U.S. president to testify as the subject of a grand jury investigation today, admitted that he had engaged in an “improper physical relationship” with Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern. Continue reading Clinton testifies before grand jury 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1998) →

Video: 'The World's First Transatlantic Cable : Documentary on the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable' (Aug. 16, 1858, at 31:04)

(Monday, August 16, 1858, 7:00 p.m. local time) — Britain’s Queen Victoria inaugurated the new transatlantic telegraph cable today, sending a telegram of congratulations to U.S. President James Buchanan at his summer residence at the Bedford Springs Hotel in Pennsylvania, expressing hope that it would prove “an additional link between the nations whose friendship is founded on their common interest and reciprocal esteem.” Continue reading Transatlantic telegraph cable inaugurated 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1858) →

(Tuesday, August 16, 1988, afternoon EDT; part of the United States presidential election, 1988) — Vice President George H.W. Bush of Texas, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, today on the New Orleans riverfront chose Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, a wealthy, 41-year-old conservative with scant national reputation, as his running mate on the 1988 Republican ticket. Continue reading Bush picks Quayle for running mate 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 16 1988) →