It’s October 17th. This day in 1860, in the run-up to the next month’s presidential election, Abraham Lincoln received a... more

It’s October 14th. This day in 1976, President Ford invited cameras into the White House as he got his vaccination... more

It’s October 12th. This day in 1992, Ross Perot joined Bill Clinton and incumbent George HW Bush on stage for... more

It’s October 10th. This day in 1957, Ghanaian finance minister Komla Gbedemah was refused service at a Howard Johnson’s restaurant... more

It’s October 7th. This day in 2016, the Washington Post published excerpts of a tape of Donald Trump talking to... more

It’s October 5th. This day in 1987, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork to... more

It’s October 3rd. This day in 1976, Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz hands in his resignation after a media firestorm... more

It’s September 30th. This day in 2006, Florida Congressman Mark Foley resigned after inappropriate messages he’d sent to underage congressional... more

It’s September 28th. This day in 1864, in the midst of the civil war and the run-up to the election... more

It’s September 26th. This day in 1977, a Chicago alderman offered a $1 bounty to every one of his constituents... more