Video: 'American Experience - Truman (1997) - Part 4' (Dec. 25, 1945, at 5:36)

(Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, 1945, 12:05 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Harry Truman woke to find the capitol covered in ice and snow; his wife Bess and daughter Margaret were in their hometown of Independence, Missouri, and the president missed them. Continue reading U.S. President Harry S. Truman flies home for Christmas 80 years ago this hour (Dec 25 1945) →

Video: 'Wilson Marries Edith Galt - 1915 | Today In History | 18 Dec 17‘

(Saturday, December 18, 1915, 8:30 p.m. local time) — 16 months after the death of First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, 59, married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt, 43, widow of Norman Galt, this evening at the bride’s home in Washington, D.C. Continue reading U.S. President Woodrow Wilson marries Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt in Washington 110 years ago this hour (Dec 18 1915) →

Video: 'Squeaky Fromme sentenced to life'

(Wednesday, December 17, 1975) — Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was sentenced today in Sacramento, California, to life in prison for her Sept. 5, 1975, attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford at a hearing at which she screamed and hit the prosecutor with an apple. Continue reading Fromme gets life in prison for Ford assassination attempt 50 years ago today (Dec 17 1975) →

Video: 'President Reagan's Remarks at a Service in Fort Campbell, Kentucky'

(Monday, December 16, 1985, 10:38 a.m. CST) — Saying that “love is never wasted, love is never lost,” U.S. President Ronald Reagan came to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, today to embrace weeping families of the 248 American soldiers who died in a plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland on Dec. 12, 1985. Continue reading ‘Love is never lost’ Reagan tells crash victims’ grieving families 40 years ago this hour (Dec 16 1985) →

Video: 'Remarks to Press Before the Balkan Peace Agreement Signing'

(Thursday, December 14, 1995, President Clinton spoke at 12:50 p.m. Central European Time) — Presidents Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia, Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia signed the Bosnian peace treaty today in Paris during a ceremony presided over by U.S. President Bill Clinton and other international sponsors, ending the three-year-old Bosnian War, one of the Yugoslav Wars.

Video: 'Ford recalls 1975 assassination attempt'

(Wednesday, November 26, 1975, 8:28 p.m. PST) — A federal jury in Sacramento, California, tonight found Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of criminal Charles Manson, guilty of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford there on Sept. 5, 1975.

Video: 'Thomas A. Hendrick - 21st U.S. Vice President'

(Wednesday, November 25, 1885, 5:00 p.m. local time) — Thomas A. Hendricks, the 21st vice president of the United States since March 4, 1885 (under Grover Cleveland), suffered a fatal heart attack today in Indianapolis, Indiana, after only less than nine months in office. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks, 66, dies in Indianapolis 140 years ago this hour (Nov 25 1885) →

(Monday, November 22, 1875, 7:20 a.m. local time) — Henry Wilson, the 18th vice president of the United States, serving since March 4, 1873, under President Ulysses S. Grant, suffered a fatal stroke today while working in the United States Capitol Building. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Henry Wilson, 63, dies in Washington, D.C. 150 years ago this hour (Nov 22 1875) →

Video: 'Robert F. Kennedy - America's Lost President | Free Documentary History'

(Friday, November 20, 1925) — Robert Francis Kennedy, American politician who served as U.S. Attorney General under his brother, President John F. Kennedy, and later as a U.S. Senator for New York, before being assassinated while campaigning for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president, was born today outside Boston in Brookline, Massachusetts. Continue reading Robert Francis Kennedy born in Brookline, Massachusetts 100 years ago today (Nov 20 1925) →