- 1948] Smile, you're on 'Candid Camera': "Candid Microphone" which will become "Candid Camera" one year later, debuts on New York City's channel 7 (WJZ which will become WABC)...
- 1949] The Name Game: The National Military Establishment is renamed the Department of Defense...
- 1969] The slaughter continues: Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson's cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four others are slain...
- 1977] Son of Sam: Postal employee David Berkowitz aka. "The Son of Sam" is captured and arrested in Yonkers (NY). He will be sentenced to 6-consecutive terms of 25 years to life for killing 6 people on his killing spree...
- 1988] POW money: President Ronald Reagan signs a measure providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans interred by the U.S. government during WWII...
- 1993] Another woman in robes: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is sworn in as the second female Supreme Court justice. Sonya Sotomayor has just been named the third female member of the Supreme Court. The first female member of the bench, Sandra Day O'Connor has been retired for several years...
- 1994] Asking for immunity: President Bill Clinton claims presidential immunity in asking a federal judge to dismiss, at least for the time being, a sexual harassment lawsuit by Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state employee...
- 1995] Jane Roe joins anti-abortion group: Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" in the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, joins the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue...
- 2003] O solo mio: Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal turns the 12th unassisted triple play in major league history against the St. Louis Cardinals...
- 2006] Terrorist plot crushed: British authorities thwart a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up 10 aircraft heading to the United States...For more on August 10th: http://melphillipsnowandthen.com
Monday, August 10, 2009
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