This Day in History: 1948
3-year-old June Devaney of Blackburn, England, was abducted from the hospital where she was recuperating from pneumonia. After her body was found two hours later, the detective inspector assigned to the case ordered the fingerprinting of the more than 40,000 men residing in Blackburn, which took nearly three months but eventually led to the killer, who was convicted and executed later that year.
This Day in History: 1948
3-year-old June Devaney of Blackburn, England, was abducted from the hospital where she was recuperating from pneumonia. After her body was found two hours later, the detective inspector assigned to the case ordered the fingerprinting of the more than 40,000 men residing in Blackburn, which took nearly three months but eventually led to the killer, who was convicted and executed later that year.
This Day in History: 1998
legendary crooner, actor and show business icon Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 82. A heartthrob who married four times and divorced three, Sinatra's career spanned more than five decades, including a notable comeback in the 1950s.
This Day in History: 1998
legendary crooner, actor and show business icon Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 82. A heartthrob who married four times and divorced three, Sinatra's career spanned more than five decades, including a notable comeback in the 1950s.
This Day in History: 1846
in response to a request by President James Polk, the U.S. Congress declared war on Mexico. The conflict, which ended two years later with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, eventually cost the lives of 11,300 American soldiers and resulted in the annexation of lands that became parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and Colorado.
This Day in History: 1846
in response to a request by President James Polk, the U.S. Congress declared war on Mexico. The conflict, which ended two years later with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, eventually cost the lives of 11,300 American soldiers and resulted in the annexation of lands that became parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and Colorado.
This Day in History: 1896
New York City passed America's first anti-spitting law in an effort to combat tuberculosis, imposing fines and even jail time on unruly protesters who demonstrated their discontent by expectorating on anti-spitting signs. By 1910, more than 2,500 arrests had been made.
This Day in History: 1896
New York City passed America's first anti-spitting law in an effort to combat tuberculosis, imposing fines and even jail time on unruly protesters who demonstrated their discontent by expectorating on anti-spitting signs. By 1910, more than 2,500 arrests had been made.
This Day in History: 1987
Klaus Barbie, former Nazi Gestapo chief of German-occupied Lyon, France, went on trial in Lyon and was charged with 177 crimes against humanity. Convicted two months later, he died of cancer in a prison hospital in 1991.
This Day in History: 1987
Klaus Barbie, former Nazi Gestapo chief of German-occupied Lyon, France, went on trial in Lyon and was charged with 177 crimes against humanity. Convicted two months later, he died of cancer in a prison hospital in 1991.
This Day in History: 2002
former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who intermittently sold state secrets to Russia over the course of two decades, received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for espionage. Hanssen apologized for his acts, describing himself as shamed by them and saying that he had opened the door for calumny against his innocent family.
This Day in History: 2002
former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who intermittently sold state secrets to Russia over the course of two decades, received a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for espionage. Hanssen apologized for his acts, describing himself as "shamed" by them and saying that he had "opened the door for calumny" against his innocent family.
This Day in History: 1970
President Richard Nixon made an impromptu visit to a group of anti-war protesters at the Lincoln Memorial -- an event that his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, dubbed the weirdest day so far of Nixon's presidency, going on to record in a diary entry, I am concerned about his condition. ... He has had very little sleep for a long time and his judgment, temper and mood suffer badly as a result.
This Day in History: 1970
President Richard Nixon made an impromptu visit to a group of anti-war protesters at the Lincoln Memorial -- an event that his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, dubbed "the weirdest day so far" of Nixon's presidency, going on to record in a diary entry, "I am concerned about his condition. ... He has had very little sleep for a long time and his judgment, temper and mood suffer badly as a result."
This Day in History: 2010
Golden Girl Betty White became the oldest host of TV's Saturday Night Live. She landed the job in part due to the hundreds of thousands of her fans signing on to a Facebook campaign rallying for the honor.