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Al Capone goes to prison
This day in History: 1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the...
US Navy fighter jets intercept Italian cruise ship hijackers
This day in History: 1985 - The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters...
O.J. Simpson acquitted
This day in History: 1995 - At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double...
FDR nominated for unprecedented third term
This day in History: 1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America’s 32nd president, is nominated for an...
Aaron Burr slays Alexander Hamilton in duel
On July 11, 1804, in one of the most famous duels in American history, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political...
"Jaws" released in theaters
This day in History: 1970 - Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opens in...
The Miranda rights are established
This day in History: 1966 - The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all...
D-Day: Allies storm Normandy’s coast
This day in History - 1944: Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military...
Tulsa Race Massacre begins
This day in History: 1921 - Thousands of white citizens in Tulsa, Oklahoma descended on the city’s predominantly Black Greenwood...
Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
This day in History: 1934 - Notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police...
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