Video: June 22, 1972 (at 5:02)
(Thursday, June 22, 1972) — Five days after the Watergate break-in, the burglars were brought to court to be released on bail. Meantime, U.S. President Richard Nixon’s men set about organizing their hush money, under the direction of Nixon’s private lawyer Herb Kalmbach.
Video: 'Max Schmeling vs Jack Sharkey II' (silent)
(Tuesday, June 21, 1932) — Heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling lost a title fight rematch tonight in New York by decision to Jack Sharkey, prompting Schmeling’s manager, Joe Jacobs, to exclaim: “We was robbed!”
Audio: 'Take It Away'
(Monday, June 21, 1982) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney today released the single Take It Away/I’ll Give You A Ring in both the U.S. and Britain, the second single from his album Tug of War. Continue reading ‘Take It Away’/’I’ll Give You A Ring’ by Paul McCartney released 30 years ago today (1982)
Video: June 21, 1972 (at 0:38)
(Wednesday, June 21, 1972) — G. Gordon Liddy told White House aides Frederick LaRue and Robert Mardian that he and his fellow Watergate burglars will need money for bail, legal expenses, and family support.
Video: June 21, 1972 (at 7:53)
(Wednesday, June 21, 1972) — U.S. President Richard Nixon, by now deeply involved in the Watergate cover-up, today proposed to White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman to use the CIA background of E. Howard Hunt (one of two engineers of the Watergate burglary) to confuse the FBI, among other things.
Video: June 21, 1972 (continued)
Video: Beaverbrook speaks June 21, 1942 (at 7:01)
(Sunday, June 21, 1942) — A militant call for the immediate opening of a second front, coupled with the claim that the army is now adequately equipped to carry out a continental invasion, was voiced in Birmingham, England, today by Britain’s Lord Beaverbrook.
Video: 'Episode 1.1'
(Saturday, June 20, 1992, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — The crew attempt to launch the first broadcast of The Lester Guy Show; however, bizarre events throw the whole show off balance on tonight’s debut episode of the sitcom TV series On the Air.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 57 on its ‘100 Greatest Episodes of All Time’ list.
Video: June 20, 1972 (at 4:23)
(Tuesday, June 20, 1972) — U.S. President Richard Nixon said he called John Mitchell tonight to cheer him up because Mitchell was chagrined because he had not properly controlled those under him — in the re-election campaign, which he headed — and the Watergate burglary was embarrassing the administration.
Video: 'The Story of The Great Seal of The United States' (June 20, 1782 at 5:13)
(Thursday, June 20, 1782) — Continental Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States today, featuring the emblem of the bald eagle.
Video: 'Lincoln Assassination Eyewitness (Feb 9, 1956)'
(Thursday, June 19, 1952, 10:30 p.m. EDT) — The celebrity-panel game show I’ve Got A Secret made its debut tonight on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host.
