(Simpson was later acquitted in a criminal trial but held liable in a civil trial.) Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In 1994, after leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, O.J.
In 1972, President Richard Nixon’s eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside the Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C.’s, Watergate complex. In 1967, China successfully tested its first thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb. Schempp, struck down, 8-1, rules requiring the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer or reading of Biblical verses in public schools. Supreme Court, in Abington (Pa.) School District v. tariffs to historically high levels, prompting foreign retaliation.
In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which boosted U.S.
In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere (ee-SEHR’). In 1775, the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses.
