CAMILLE BOHANNON

Charles Robert Redford Jr. is a actor, director and producer
and the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy
Award from four nominations, a British Academy Film Award,
Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2014, two Golden Globe
Awards, the Cecil B. DeMille Award and Time named him one
of the 100 most influential people in the world. He’s 36 today.

Appearing on stage in the late 1950s, Redford’s television
career began in 1960, including an appearance on The
Twilight Zone in 1962 (below).

The Twilight Zone episode: "Nothing in the Dark."

1969

SANDY KOZEL

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.

TIM MAGUIRE

During its golden age from 1936 to 1972, Life was a wide-ranging
weekly general interest magazine known for the quality of its photography.