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 YouTube, JimHeath.TV
Jim on YouTube takes a look back at a classic episode from Days of our Lives. Recorded from a VHS tape in 1983, the episode is the first showdown finale between evil Stefano DiMera and Roman Brady. In early 1983 on Days of Our Lives, Brady and Dr. Marlena Evans were...
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...
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...
