Video: 'Theodore Roosevelt - 26th U.S. President & Nobel Peace Prize Winnter | Mini Bio | BIO'

(Wednesday, October 27, 1858) — Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th (and at age 42, the youngest ever) President of the United States (1901-1909) and the 25th Vice President of the United States, under President William McKinley (1901), was born today in his family’s home at 28 East 20th Street, between Broadway and Park Avenue South, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Continue reading U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt born 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1858) →

Video: 'Jackie Kennedy Aristotle Onassis 1968'

(Sunday, October 20, 1968) — Less than five years after the assassination of her husband, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and four months after the assassination of her brother-in-law U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, 39, married Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis, 62, today in a candle-lit wedding ceremony in a Greek Orthodox chapel among the cypress trees on the Greek island of Skorpios. Continue reading Jackie Kennedy weds Aristotle Onassis on Greek island 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 20 1968) →

Video: 'C-SPAN: Third 2008 Presidential Debate (Full Video)'

(Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 2008 campaign) — Senator John McCain used the final debate of the presidential campaign tonight to raise persistent and pointed questions about Senator Barack Obama’s character, judgment and policy prescriptions in a session that was by far the most spirited and combative of their encounters this fall. Continue reading McCain presses Obama in last and pointed debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 15 2008) →

Video: '1988 Presidential Candidates Debate 2 - October 13, 1988'

(Thursday, October 13, 1988, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1988 campaign) — Republican presidential nominee George H.W. Bush and Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis quarreled tonight over which of them was responsible for the shrill tone of the presidential campaign, while trading sharp words on Social Security, abortion, military policy and the basic values that each would bring to the White House. Continue reading Dukakis offers cold response to death penalty question 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 13 1988) →

Video: 'October 8, 1968: Presidential candidate Richard Nixon'

(Tuesday, October 8, 1968, scheduled for 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election of 1968 campaign) — “Nixon — Candidly Speaking,” an exclusive interview with Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon, was featured tonight on the second edition of the then-bi-weekly American newsmagazine television program 60 Minutes. Continue reading Nixon interviewed on ’60 Minutes’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 8 1968) →

Video: 'C-SPAN: Second 2008 Presidential Debate (Full Video)'

(Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 2008 campaign) — Republican presidential nominee John McCain and Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama debated for 90 minutes tonight before a nation in economic crisis, each promising anxious Americans that he had the better plan and vision to lead the country through what both men said was the most dire financial situation since the Great Depression. Continue reading Economic woes set tone for second Obama-McCain debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 7 2008) →

Video: 'Henry A. Wallace Interview: 33rd Vice President of the United States'

(Sunday, October 7, 1888) — Henry A. Wallace, the 33rd Vice President of the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941-1945), was born today at a farm near the village of Orient, Iowa, in Adair County. Continue reading U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace born 130 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 7 1888) →

Video: '1988 Vice Presidential Debate - Dan Quayle & Lloyd Bentsen'

(Wednesday, October 5, 1988, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the United States presidential election, 1988 campaign) — Republican vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle and Democratic vice presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen clashed angrily tonight during their only debate of the presidential campaign in which each insisted that he could handle the burdens of the presidency. Continue reading Bentsen to Quayle: ‘You’re no Jack Kennedy’ 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1988) →