On February 12, 1999, the five-week impeachment trial of Bill
Clinton come to an end, with the Senate voting to acquit the
president on both articles of impeachment: perjury and
obstruction of justice.
In November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica
Lewinsky, a 21-year-old unpaid intern.
Floor proceedings of the U.S. Senate, in session during the
1999 impeachment Senate trial of Bill Clinton.
Depiction of the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson
in 1868, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding.
On this day in 1998, President Clinton denied having an affair with a former White House intern, saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Denial of the affair lead to Clinton being only the second president to be impeached in US history. .
African American taxi driver Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers on this day in 1991 during an arrest that followed a pursuit through the streets of Los Angeles. The scene was captured on amateur video, one of the first police brutality videos of its kind. It forever changed the conversation about police and race in America.
Over six nights in April, 53 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured; property damage topped $1 billion.
National Guardsmen patrol Los Angeles during the rioting after the acquittal of officers involved in the beating of Rodney King.
The first issue of Time magazine was published on this day in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United States. The distinctive red border for which the magazine has come to be known was lacking. On the cover was the now-obscure Joseph G. Cannon, former House Speaker. .
Abraham Lincoln(February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States who led the country through the horrific American Civil War. He also helped abolish slavery with the 13th amendment.
Charles Robert Darwin (February 12, 1809 – April 19, 1882)
On this day in 1999, United States President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two impeachment articles. The charges were lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. He is the second president in American history to be impeached.
President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on this day in 1909.
Charles Monroe Schulz(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
Charles Schulz was a cartoonist best known for the comic strip Peanuts which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among others. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited as a major influence by many later cartoonists, including Jim Davis, Bill Watterson, and Matt Groening.
