This Day in History

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On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerriganwas attacked after practice at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan, in what would become one of the biggest sports scandals in history. The hitman was Shane Stant, who used a 21-inch collapsible baton to strike Kerrigan'sright leg.

 

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1973 - Mark Essex
Mark Essex kills 9 people and himself including police officers and wounds 13 others in New Orleans before being shot by police

 

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January 8th

2018: Put my two week notice in at UPS and marked the beginning of the next thing to come.

 

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Jan 15 th 1919 Boston Ma Great Molasses Flood - Wikipedia

 

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1967 - Boston Strangler Sentenced To Life
1967 : The Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison. He claims to have murdered 13 women in the Boston area between June 1962 and Jan 1964,

 

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1/19. 1981 - US Hostages
The United States and Iranian officials sign the Algiers Accords in Algeria to release 52 American hostages held by Islamist students in the Tehran American embassy after 14 months of captivity.

On Inauguration Day ?

coincidence??

 

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1920 - Prohibition
Prohibition takes effect stopping the sale and consumption of alcohol when the 18th Amendment went into effect it ended in 1933 More Details on the 18th Amendment

 

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1977 - Pardon for Vietnam Draft Dodgers
1977 : President Carter granted a complete and unconditional pardon today to all Vietnam draft dodgers

 

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1973 - Roe Vs. Wade
The legalization of abortion within the first three months of pregnancy was allowed as of this day. This decision was based on a ruling by the Supreme Court upon adjournment of the Roe Vs. Wade Case that women had a constitutional right to obtain an abortion

 

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1968 The U.S. ship Pueblo
The U.S. ship Pueblo is seized by North Korean naval vessels and charged with spying and violating North Korean territorial waters, the ship is a US intelligence gathering ship

 

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1935 - First Canned Beer Sold
The first canned beer goes on sale "Krueger Cream Ale," sold by Krueger Brewing Co. of Richmond, Va.to the general public. Pabst was the second brewer in the same year to sell beer in cans and the cans came with a picture of a can opener on the side, with opening instructions.

 

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1998 - Clinton / Lewinsky
1998: President Bill Clinton appears on American Television and denies having "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky

 

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1/27 1945
1945 - Poland Auschwitz
The Red Army liberates the Nazi's biggest concentration camp at Auschwitz in southern Poland. During the concentration camps existence it is believed up to 1 million Jews were murdered ,75,000 Poles, 21,000 Gypsies, and 15,000 Soviet POWs.

 

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1/28 1986 - Challenger Explodes
1986 : The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff , killing the seven astronauts aboard, this was the 10th trip for Challenger and included a teacher from New Hampshire, Christa MacAuliffe, among the astronauts, as part of a new Teacher in Space project. The Launch was shown live on CNN and many schools set up televisions for children to watch due to the involvement of a teacher in the shuttle.
Other crew members aboard the Challenger ship included Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ronald McNair, as well as Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik. A warning was ignored that certain equipment on the ship was vulnerable at new temperatures.

 

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Was sitting in a variety store that cold morning having a coffee watched it on there small black & white tv ,, awful

 

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1959 - Buddy Holly Plane Crash
1959 : Rock 'n' Roll singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson ( The Big Bopper ) died in a plane crash today along with the pilot when their chartered plane went down near Mason City, Iowa. The deaths are immortalized in the "The Day the Music Died" by Don McLean.

 

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1983 - Bolivia Klaus Barbie
1983 : Klaus Barbie, 69, Known as the ( Butcher of Lyon ) who was chief of the Gestapo in Lyon, France, during Nazi occupation, was flown to France today where he was indicted for crimes against humanity.

 

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Feb 6 1978
Blizzard of 78
New England hit with high tides 100 mph gust , 27 to 54" inches of snow in 3 days , drifts in some places up to 15'!!
cars abandoned everywhere , national guard and federal troops brought in from Fort Bragg ,, 100 dead and 4500 injured ! President Carter declared a federal disaster area !

 

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Feb 6 1978
Blizzard of 78
New England hit with high tides 100 mph gust , 27 to 54" inches of snow in 3 days , drifts in some places up to 15'!!
cars abandoned everywhere , national guard and federal troops brought in from Fort Bragg ,, 100 dead and 4500 injured ! President Carter declared a federal disaster area !

My dad got stuck in that one while on a business trip from Albany. Luckily he was stuck in a hotel next to a diner. Said he lived on pancakes and fried chicken for 2 days before everyone could get out.