Video: 'Oregon Territory - Manifest Destiny Choose Your Own Adventure'

(Monday, August 14, 1848) — The Oregon Territory was established today after Congress passed and President James K. Polk signed the Act to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon, encompassing all of the present-day states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as those parts of present-day Montana and Wyoming west of the Continental Divide. Continue reading Oregon Territory formally established 170 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 14 1848) →

Video: 'Oregon Territory - Manifest Destiny Choose Your Own Adventure'

(Monday, August 14, 1848) — The Oregon Territory was established today after Congress passed and President James K. Polk signed the Act to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon, encompassing all of the present-day states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, as well as those parts of present-day Montana and Wyoming west of the Continental Divide. Continue reading Oregon Territory formally established 170 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 14 1848) →

Video: 'The Spanish American War | History Channel Documentary' (war ends at 34:45)

(Friday, August 12, 1898, 4:23 p.m. localar time; during the Spanish–American War) — The Spanish-American War effectively today with the signing in Washington of a Protocol of Peace between the United States and Spain. Continue reading Spanish-American War hostilities ends 120 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1898) →

Video: 'Nixon's 1968 RNC Acceptance Speech'

(Thursday, August 8, 1968, 11:53 p.m. EDT; during the 1968 Republican National Convention) — Former Vice President Richard Nixon of New York accepted the Republican presidential nomination tonight at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, with a pledge to lead the nation to “the next American frontier.” Continue reading Nixon accepts GOP POTUS nomination 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 8 1968) →

Video: '1968 Spiro Agnew Republican Convention Vice President Acceptance Speech'

(Thursday, August 8, 1968, 10:25 p.m. EDT; during the 1968 Republican National Convention) — Governor Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination tonight at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, saying a major objective of a Nixon administration will be “to make black Americans partners in our system.” Continue reading Agnew accepts GOP VPOTUS nomination 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 8 1968) →

Video: 'Dukakis Nomination Acceptance Speech 1988 DNC'

(Thursday, July 21, 1988, scheduled for 10:06 p.m. EDT; during the 1988 Democratic National Convention) — Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight at The Omni in Atlanta, with a pledge to lead the nation to “the next American frontier.” Continue reading Dukakis accepts Democratic POTUS nomination 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1988) →

Video: 'Lloyd Bentsen Nomination Acceptance Speech (1988)'

(Thursday, July 21, 1988, scheduled for 9:26 p.m. EDT; during the 1988 Democratic National Convention) — Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination tonight at The Omni in Atlanta, saying the Reagan administration had achieved an illusory prosperity by writing “hot checks for $200 billion a year.” Continue reading Bentsen accepts Democratic VPOTUS nomination 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 21 1988) →

Video: '1948 Truman DNC Acceptance Speech (Full)'

(Thursday, July 15, 1948, 1:45 a.m. EDT) — President Harry S. Truman of Missouri accepted the Democratic Presidential nomination in a fighting mood this morning at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, predicted victory in November and announced that he would call the Republican-controlled Congress back into session on July 26, 1948, to deal with housing, education, civil rights and other controversial measures. Continue reading Truman accepts Democratic POTUS nomination 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1948) →

(Tuesday, July 12, 1988, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. EDT; part of the United States presidential election, 1988) — Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, reached for regional and ideological balance and announced today at historic Faneuil Hall in Boston that he had picked Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas as his running mate (click here to watch the video).

Video: ‘Rocky Mountain PBS: Denver Democratic Convention 1908-2008’

(Friday, July 10, 1908, 3:40 a.m. local time) — Former Representative William J. Bryan
of Nebraska was nominated for President of the United States today at the 1908 Democratic National Convention meeting at Denver Auditorium Arena in Denver, Colorado. Continue reading Democrats nominate Bryan for POTUS 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 10 1908) →