Video: 'Jimmy Carter's Crisis of Confidence Speech, July 15th, 1979'
(Sunday, July 15, 1979, 10:00 p.m. EDT) — U.S. President Jimmy Carter, conceding failings in his own leadership and assailing a “crisis of confidence” among Americans, proposed tonight a six-point package of energy proposals intended to save 4.5 million barrels of oil a day by 1990. Continue reading U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers ‘malaise’ speech 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 15 1979)
Video: 'The Treaty of Versailles' (June 28, 1919, at 52:32)
(Saturday, June 28, 1919, 3:12 p.m. Western European Summer Time) — The Treaty of Versailles was signed today in France, formally ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers known at the time as the Great War (and later as World War I). Continue reading Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I 100 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 28 1919)
Video: 'SYND 22-05-69 JUDGE WARREN BERGER RECEIVES RICHARD NIXON'S NOMINATION FOR CHIEF JUSTICE'
(Monday, June 23, 10:42 a.m. EDT) — Warren E. Burger was sworn in today as the 15th Chief Justice of the United States in a ceremony that included a tribute from President Richard Nixon to retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren. Continue reading Warren E. Burger sworn in as 15th U.S. Chief Justice 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 23 1969)
Video: 'Jimmy Carter SALT II Treaty signing June 18 1979 archival footage'
(Monday, June 18, 1979, 1:00 p.m. CEST; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty today in Vienna. Continue reading Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT II nuclear arms treaty 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 18 1979)
Video: '#11 James K Polk'
(Friday, June 15, 1849, a few minutes before 5:00 p.m. local time) — James K. Polk, the 11th President of the United States (1845-1849) and 13th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1835-1839), died this evening in Nashville, only 103 days after leaving office. Continue reading Former U.S. President James K. Polk dies 170 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 15 1849)
Video: 'King George VI And Queen Elizabeth In Washington (1939)'
(Thursday, June 8, 1939, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — With war clouds looming on the European continent, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, welcomed Britain’s King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, today at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Continue reading FDR welcomes Britain’s King George and Queen Elizabeth to Washington 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 8 1939)
Video: 'The Doomed Voyage of the St Louis Documentary'
(Sunday, June 4, 1939) — “Sailing so close to Florida that they could see the lights of Miami,” 907 passengers aboard MS St. Louis, most of them Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany, arrived off the American coast today, only to be denied entry into the United States. Continue reading 907 Jewish refugees from Germany aboard MS St. Louis off Florida coast denied U.S. entry 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1939)
(Sunday, April 30, 1939, 3:12 p.m. EDT) — Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to deliver a speech on live television today as he officially opened the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City. Continue reading FDR delivers first televised presidential speech 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 30 1939)
(Thursday, April 30, 1789, at about 1:00 p.m. local time) — George Washington, 57, was inaugurated as the first President of the United States today at Federal Hall in New York City, then the nation’s capitol, with Chancellor Robert Livingston, the highest judicial officer in the state of New York, administrating the oath of office. Continue reading George Washington sworn-in as first President of the United States 230 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 30 1789)
Video: 'Interview with Sirhan Sirhan'
(Thursday, April 17, 1969, 10:47 a.m. PST) — Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was convicted today of the June 1968 first-degree murder of U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, punishable by either life imprisonment or the death penalty. Continue reading Sirhan found guilty of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1969)
