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Today in History: April 15, the Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic, more than 1,500 die
Today is Monday, April 15, the 106th day of 2024. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland more than 2 1/2 hours after hitting an...
AP WAS THERE: OJ Simpson’s murder trial acquittal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE: If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial. The Los Angeles court spectacle was dubbed “Trial of the Century.” The trial lasted almost a year and was covered in its...
Today in History: March 20, Lyle and Erik Menendez convicted of the murder of their parents
Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2024. There are 286 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 20, 1996, a jury in Los Angeles convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder in the shotgun...
Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped 50 years ago. Now she's famous for her dogs
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, later joining her captors in a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery that earned her a prison sentence. The abduction and subsequent trial of...
Today in History: February 4, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin begin World War II Yalta conference
Today in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2024. There are 331 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef...
