Notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (above) were shot to
death by Texas and Louisiana state police while driving a stolen car near
Sailes, Louisiana.
The Bonnie and Clyde 1934 Ford Deluxe Sedan, ‘The Death Car’ with
167 Bullets.
Perry Mason ran for 9 seasons from September 1957 May 22,
1966 on CBS. The final episode (#271) was "The Case of the
Final Fadeout.”
Barney Miller was a situation comedy set in a New York City police
station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast
from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by
Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed a
majority of the episodes.
Watergate was a political scandal resulting from the June 17, 1972 break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Daytime television was interrupted by the Watergate hearings
held by the Senate Committee (above), in which Dean and other former officials of
the administration delivered testimony, were broadcast from May 17 to August 7, 1973.
After the three major television networks of the time agreed to take turns covering the hearings live each network thus maintained coverage of the hearings every third day, starting with ABC on May 17 and ending with NBC on August 7. An estimated 85% of Americans with TV sets tuned in to at least one portion of the hearings.
From left to right: minority counsel Fred Thompson, ranking member
Howard Baker, and Chair Sam Ervin of the Senate Watergate Committee.
Ex-Nixon aide John Dean giving his testimony during the hearings.
White House Council John Ehrlichman testifying.
Alabama Governor George Wallace (above) was shot five times by Arthur Bremer
(below) while campaigning as a Democratic candidate for president in Laurel,
Maryland. One of the bullets lodged in Wallace’s spinal column and he was left
paralyzed permanently from the waist down. Three others were wounded in the
shooting and also survived. Bremer was found guilty and sentenced to 63 years,
53 years after an appeal in a Maryland prison for the shooting. After 35 years of incarceration, Bremer was released from prison on November 9, 2007.
The would-be assassin Arthur Bremer in custody.
Elvis Presley visits George Wallace after his release from the hospital.
