Vice President Al Gore (above) conceded defeat to George W. Bush
in his bid for the presidency, following weeks of legal battles over
the recounting of votes in Florida, on December 13, 2000.     

In a televised speech from his ceremonial office next to the White
House, Gore said that while he was deeply disappointed and
sharply disagreed with the Supreme Court verdict that ended
his campaign, ”partisan rancor must now be put aside.”

“I accept the finality of the outcome, which will be ratified next
Monday in the Electoral College” he said. “And tonight, for the
sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy,
I offer my concession.”

Gore had won the national popular vote by more than 500,000
votes, but narrowly lost Florida, giving the Electoral College to
Bush 271 to 266.

George W. Bush (left) shakes hands with Al Gore.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite announces the death of President
John F. Kennedy.

After eight years of construction on the White House, President
John Adams and his wife,  Abigail, moved into the unfinished
home in 1800.

MIKE GRACIA

Howard Hughes in the Spruce Goose pilots seat.

Presidential candidates Sen. John Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon face each other in a Chicago television studio as they debated. In center is Howard K. Smith, moderator. Four members of
the panel are in foreground.

For the first time in U.S. history, a debate between major party presidential candidates is shown on television. The presidential hopefuls, John F.
Kennedy, a Democratic senator of Massachusetts, and Richard M. Nixon,
the vice president of the United States, met in a Chicago studio to discuss
U.S. domestic matters. Kennedy emerged the apparent winner from this
first of four televised debates.