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It was on this day in 1995.
Prosecutors Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden seek life without parole for O.J.
After careful selection, a Jury of eight women and four men was
selected and included eight blacks, one white, one Hispanic and
two people of mixed race.
In baseball, the "Shot Heard ‘Round the World" was a game-winning home run by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National
League (NL) pennant.
Thomson hits the ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ at The Polo Grounds
in New York City .
Robert (Bobby) Brown Thomson
(October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010)
The children’s television series “Captain Kangaroo” aired weekday mornings on the CBS network from October 3, 1955, until December
8, 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children’s television program of its day.
Robert James Keeshan
(June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)
On this day in 1955, "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on
ABC-TV and ran until 1959.
Walt Disney (center) is surrounded by members of "The Mickey
Mouse Club" cast.
Head Mouseketeer Jimmie Dodd with his Mouse Guitar.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST WORLD NEWS
Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in Jerusalem by an Israeli court on this day in 1961. He had been
tried on charges for organizing the deportation of Jews to
concentration camps.
A single-engine plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller (above) disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel during a flight to
Paris.
A US Army-Air Force C-64 Norseman Aircraft similar to the one
carrying Glenn Miller.
On this day in 1791, the first ten amendments to the Constitution,
known as the Bill of Rights, went into effect following ratification
by the state of Virginia.
On this day in 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other
tribe members were killed in Grand River, SD, during an incident
with Indian police working for the U.S. government.
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney died in Los Angeles on this day in 1966.
The movie "Gone With the Wind," produced by David O. Selznick
based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, premiered at Loew’s
Grand Theater in Atlanta on this day in 1939. The epic film starred
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.
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