历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-10（在线收听） |
August 10th, 1977Accused Son of Sam, serial killer David Berkowitz is arrested in Yonkers New York. The 24-year-old postal worker is wanted for slaying 6 people and wounding 7 others in nearby New York City. John Keenan is Chief of Detectives for the NYPD. He was apprehended. He was advised of his rights. He was rightly resigned to what appeared to be his fate. He made a statement, "Well, you got me"Berkowitz is sentenced to 365 years in prison after confessing to the killings that panicked the Big Apple. 1969In Los Angeles, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are murdered in their home by members of Charles Manson's cult. They are slain the day after the cult kills movie actress Sharon Tate and 4 others in her home.
1921“The war was won by Republicans as well as by Democrats.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt is stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello. The disease paralyzes the future president for the rest of his life.
1988An apology and compensation for Japanese Americans forced to relocate to internment camps during World War II. President Ronald Reagan signs a measure providing 20,000-dollar payments to surviving detainees of the camps.
And 1846Birth of the Smithsonian Institution, the world`s largest museum complex. With the stroke of a pen, President James Polk establishes the educational and research facility based in Washington.
Today in history, August 10th, Camille Bohannon, the Associate Press. |
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