On this day in 1998, President Bill Clinton, America’s chief
executive, was impeached on two charges of perjury and
obstruction of justice by the U.S. House of Representatives,
becoming only the second president to be ordered to stand
trial in the Senate since Andrew Johnson in 1868.
President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky pose for a photo in
the Oval Office.
President Bill Clinton speaks about the Monica Lewinsky scandal at
the White House on January 26, 1998 as First Lady Hillary Clinton
looks on.
On this day in 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific,
ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
The three astronauts (from left to right – Eugene Cernan, Ronald
Evans and Harrison Schmitt) get the red-carpet welcome back.
