MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (right) 
and City Supervisor Harvey Milk (left), a gay-rights activist, were
shot to death inside City Hall by Dan White, a former supervisor.

Daniel James White.

San Francisco got its first female mayor as City
Supervisor Dianne Feinstein (above) was named
to replace the assassinated George Moscone.

On this day in 1973, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R.
Ford (left) as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T.
Agnew (below).

Spiro Agnew resigns the vice presidency
amid accusations of income tax evasion.

Vice President Gerald R. Ford (left) and President Richard M. Nixon.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon told an Associated
Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have
got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not        
a crook."

The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC,
in the newly completed north wing of the unfinished Capitol
building (above)  on this day in 1800. They moved from
Philadelphia.

 

        

CAMILLE BOHANNON

On this day in 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in
Washington, DC. It attracts more than 5.6 million visitors each year.

Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones (left) sued President
Bill Clinton for sexual harassment when he was governor, alleging
he exposed himself to her in a hotel room in 1991. The Jones suit,
which went all the way to the Supreme Court, was ultimately
dismissed by a judge on the grounds Jones could not show
damages. While it was on appeal, President Clinton agreed to      
an out-of-court settlement on this day in 1998. He paid $850,000 
without admitting liability.
 

President Clinton is shown in this video image during his deposition
Jan. 17, 1998 in the Paula Jones case,

Paula Corbin Jones (Paula Rosalee Corbin) turned
52 September 17.

On this day in 1940, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) was
reelected president of the United States for a record third time, 
handily defeating his Republican challenger, Thomas Dewey
(right), the governor of New York. 
    
     
     
      
     
      
 

TIM MAGUIRE

On this day in 2000, America’s Presidential vote faced limbo. There
was no winner named until more than a month later.

A Florida election official tries to figure out a voter’s intentions.

Also on this day in 2000, Hillary Rodham Clinton made history when
she became the first president’s wife to win public office. The state
of New York elected her to the U.S. Senate. (New York).

Hillary Rodham Clinton is sworn in as a United States Senator by
Vice President Al Gore in the Old Senate Chamber, as President
Clinton and daughter Chelsea look on, January 3, 2001.

The middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington
state collapsed during a windstorm on this day in 1940. The third
longest suspension span in the world opened to traffic on July 1,
1940.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge as it looks today.