CARLATA BRADLEY

MIKE GRACIA

Richard Benjamin Speck
(December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991)

Police have reported the longtime suspect in the 1982 Tylenol
murders that killed seven people in three days, sparking
nationwide panic, has died. 

James Lewis (above) passed away at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sunday. 

Cambridge Police Superintendent Frederick Cabral said in a
statement, "Following an investigation, Lewis’ death was
determined to be not suspicious." Lewis repeatedly denied
being the Tylenol killer.

Clarence Darrow, left, and William Jennings Bryan at the
Scopes trial in 1925. (AP)

July 10, 1925: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called Scopes
Monkey Trial began with John Thomas Scopes, a young
high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution
in violation of a Tennessee state law.
 

 
William Jennings Bryan, left, and Judge John Raulston.

Schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes, 24, of Dayton,
Tenn., stands before Judge Raulston just before he
was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined
$100 on July 21, 1925, at the end of the Scopes
Monkey Trial held at the Rhea County Courthouse
in Dayton.

The jury reads a guilty verdict against John Scopes.

Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South
Korea, setting off the Korean War. The United States, acting
under the auspices of the United Nations, quickly sprang to
the defense of South Korea and fought a bloody and frustrating
war for the next three years.