ROSS SIMPSON
Juliette Gordon Low (October 31, 1860 – January 17, 1927)
The Girl Scout organization of the United States was founded on
this day in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low (above).The original
name of the movement was Girl Guides.
BRIAN THOMAS
Former professional basketball player Michael Jeffrey Jordan is 57 years
old today. He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning six championships
with the Chicago Bulls. He is considered by many fans of the sport the
greatest basketball player of all time. Known by his initials, MJ is the
principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets basketball team.
MIKE GRACIA
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.
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ROSS SIMPSON
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965)
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided
Great Britain and the Allies through the crisis of World War II, died in
London at the age of 90.
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993)
Marshall served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991
and was the Court’s first African-American justice.
Police officials surround David Berkowitz, 24, of Yonkers outside Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct after his arrest as the "Son of Sam" killer.
On August 10, 1977, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested
and charged with being the “Son of Sam,” the serial killer who terrorized New
York City for more than a year, killing six young people and wounding seven
others with a .44-caliber revolver. Because Berkowitz generally targeted
attractive young women with long brown hair, hundreds of young women
had their hair cut short and dyed blonde during the time he terrorized the
city. Thousands more simply stayed home at night.
After his arrest, Berkowitz claimed that demons and a black Labrador
retriever owned by a neighbor named Sam had ordered him to commit
the killings.
David Richard Berkowitz turned 66 on June 1.
Berkowitz now says he is a born-again Christian and is "very
sorry for what happened."
