SANDY KOZEL

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married each other
for the first time on March 15, 1964, in Montreal, Canada.

ED DANAHUE

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard
the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. In
1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making
the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war
or national emergency.

The excursion boat General Slocum lies beached off Hell
Gate in New York City’s East River, following a fire and
resulting panic. The disaster cost the lives of 1,030
mostly German immigrants, June 15, 1904. (AP)

MIKE GRACIA

BRIAN THOMAS

On this day in 1997, a civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson (Left) liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and
Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents (right) were awarded $8.5 million
in compensatory damages.

O.J. Simpson was tried and acquitted of the 1994 murders of Ron Goldman (left) and Nicole Brown.

Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson will be 72 July 9.

An earthquake in Guatemala and Honduras killed more than 22,000 people on this day in 1976.