On this day in 1966, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in his
second trial of charges he had murdered his pregnant wife, Marilyn,
in 1954.
Samuel Holmes "Sam" Sheppard
(December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970)
On this day in 1959, the musical "The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.