by Jim Heath | Apr 12, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Abraham Lincoln was born over 210 years ago, but his legacy in America endures to this day. Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, and is remembered most for leading the country during the Civil War. Jim on History discusses Abe with famed historian...
by Jim Heath | Apr 9, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History looks back at the only election John F. Kennedy lost in his political career. In 1956, Senator Estes Kefauver seized the Democratic Vice-Presidential nomination by an eyelash. The Tennessean edged out Kennedy on the second ballot in an open floor fight...
by Jim Heath | Apr 7, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History remembers a massive tsunami that wrecked a Japanese city a decade ago. On March 11, 2011, large parts of Kesennuma City were destroyed by the tsunami which followed the Tōhoku earthquake. After the tsunami, spilled fuel from the town’s fishing...
by Jim Heath | Apr 5, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History takes us back to 2007 for a discussion with Barack Obama on race in America. Jim Heath’s profile of Obama includes portions of an interview he conducted at J.V. Middle School in Dillon, South Carolina. Besides his historic bid for the White House,...
by Jim Heath | Apr 2, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History remembers the day the American hostages were released by Iran in 1981. For 444 days, Iran had held the hostages throughout the end of the Jimmy Carter presidency. Iranian officials made the decision to release them right as Ronald Reagan was sworn-in as...
by Jim Heath | Mar 31, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Before the current rush to put tens of thousands of satellites into orbit, there was Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957. It shocked the world, although the United States had...
