by Jim Heath | Mar 29, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
40 years ago and just 70 days into his first term, President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded outside the Washington Hilton. The shooter, John Hinckley Jr., was immediately captured at the scene. Reagan’s press secretary, James Brady, who was...
by Jim Heath | Mar 28, 2021 | Jim on History, Jim on YouTube, JimHeath.TV
At the end of my interview with Alex Trebek on the set of Jeopardy, he grabbed the mic and proceeded to ask me a question. ‘Jim Heath, what is the number one newscast in the desert southwest?” he asked. Without hesitation I responded: “Alex, I believe that answer is...
by Jim Heath | Mar 27, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
One of the most viewed videos on the Jim Heath channel deals with the subject of religion discrimination. Today’s Jim on History show, featuring a clip from the show What Would You Do?, looks at how far Americans will go to protect someone from being harassed...
by Jim Heath | Mar 24, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
They weren’t always friends. Jim on History remembers a feisty showdown between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton during their spirited campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Obama had won the Iowa Caucus and Clinton the New Hampshire...
by Jim Heath | Mar 22, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History looks back at John F. Kennedy Jr.’s first nationally televised speech. Kennedy introduced his uncle Sen. Ted Kennedy at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Jim Heath reviews the speech, and also answers a variety of viewer comments. JFK Jr....
by Jim Heath | Mar 22, 2021 | Jim on History, JimHeath.TV
Jim on History looks back at the historic 1984 landslide win of Ronald Reagan. After overseeing an economic recovery, and surviving an assassination attempt, Reagan had a chance of carrying all 50 states against his Democratic opponent Walter Mondale. As it became...
