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October 3, 1995
O.J.Simpson acquitted
At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus surmounting what the prosecution called a "mountain of evidence" implicating him as the murderer.
October 3, 1995
O.J.Simpson acquitted
At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus surmounting what the prosecution called a "mountain of evidence" implicating him as the murderer.
Knotaclu
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1952 Great Britain Atomic Bomb
3rd October, 1952: Great Britain tests its first atomic bomb at the Monte Bello Islands, off the northwest coast of Australia. Tea rationing ends after 12 years in Great Britain a nation of tea drinkers . Sweets, Meat , Eggs, Butter and sugar are still on ration.
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1981 Northern Ireland IRA Hunger Strike
3rd October, 1981: The seven month Irish Republican hunger strike at the Maze prison that claimed 10 lives ended without the British Government granting Political Status to prisoners who are members of the IRA
3rd October, 1952: Great Britain tests its first atomic bomb at the Monte Bello Islands, off the northwest coast of Australia. Tea rationing ends after 12 years in Great Britain a nation of tea drinkers . Sweets, Meat , Eggs, Butter and sugar are still on ration.
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1981 Northern Ireland IRA Hunger Strike
3rd October, 1981: The seven month Irish Republican hunger strike at the Maze prison that claimed 10 lives ended without the British Government granting Political Status to prisoners who are members of the IRA
gclarke
TK Veteran
October 4, 1957
Sputnik launched
The Soviet Union inaugurates the "Space Age" with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.
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1993: US forces killed in Somali gun battle
At least five US soldiers have been killed and two Blackhawk helicopters shot down in a heavy firefight in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu.
Sputnik launched
The Soviet Union inaugurates the "Space Age" with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.
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1993: US forces killed in Somali gun battle
At least five US soldiers have been killed and two Blackhawk helicopters shot down in a heavy firefight in the capital of Somalia, Mogadishu.
hadmad
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for October 4 1582:Gregorian Calendar Reform
To adjust the inaccuracy in the date caused by an extra day per century in the Julian calendar, Pope Gregory XIII ordered ten days to be subtracted from October of 1582. The calendar jumped from October 4 to October 15, and the new Gregorian Calendar, which we use today, was devised.
http://historymedren.about.com/library/date/bl104.htm
To adjust the inaccuracy in the date caused by an extra day per century in the Julian calendar, Pope Gregory XIII ordered ten days to be subtracted from October of 1582. The calendar jumped from October 4 to October 15, and the new Gregorian Calendar, which we use today, was devised.
http://historymedren.about.com/library/date/bl104.htm
hadmad
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1969 UK Monty Python's Flying Circus
5th October, 1969 : Monty Python's Flying Circus makes its debut on BBC Television, there were only 45 episodes aired over four seasons featuring the zany comedy sketches with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle. Some of the sketches are still considered to be some of the greatest comedy skits including
Dead Parrot with a disgruntled customer (played by John Cleese) and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin) complaining that his parrot is DEAD,
Ministry of Silly Walks from the ministry of funny walks featuring John Cleese
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218[/ame]
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1933 U.S.A. Machine Gun Kelly
5th October, 1933: Machine Gun Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges of a being a co conspirator in the Urschel kidnapping.
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1962 UK Beatles First Single
5th October, 1962: The Beatles release their first single in the UK "Love Me Do" ( released on a 45RPM Single Format on Parlophone Label ) which gets to number seventeen. It was later released in the US on 27th April, 1964 and goes to Number 1.
1974 UK Guildford Bombing
5th October, 1974: IRA plant bombs in two pubs in Guildford in southern England, The pubs are mostly frequented by soldiers back from duty in Northern Ireland. At least four people were killed and more than 50 injured in in the two terrorist attacks.
5th October, 1969 : Monty Python's Flying Circus makes its debut on BBC Television, there were only 45 episodes aired over four seasons featuring the zany comedy sketches with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle. Some of the sketches are still considered to be some of the greatest comedy skits including
Dead Parrot with a disgruntled customer (played by John Cleese) and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin) complaining that his parrot is DEAD,
Ministry of Silly Walks from the ministry of funny walks featuring John Cleese
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218[/ame]
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1933 U.S.A. Machine Gun Kelly
5th October, 1933: Machine Gun Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges of a being a co conspirator in the Urschel kidnapping.
Full Size Original Here:
File:MachineGunKelly.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1962 UK Beatles First Single
5th October, 1962: The Beatles release their first single in the UK "Love Me Do" ( released on a 45RPM Single Format on Parlophone Label ) which gets to number seventeen. It was later released in the US on 27th April, 1964 and goes to Number 1.
1974 UK Guildford Bombing
5th October, 1974: IRA plant bombs in two pubs in Guildford in southern England, The pubs are mostly frequented by soldiers back from duty in Northern Ireland. At least four people were killed and more than 50 injured in in the two terrorist attacks.
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Knotaclu
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October 5, 1996
Supercomputer Pioneer Cray Dies in Auto Accident
The father of the supercomputer, Seymour Cray died due to injuries sustained in a car accident two weeks earlier. Cray was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Chippewa Falls, Wis. Cray worked among computer pioneers after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1951 with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. With several others, he founded Control Data Corp., where he built the CDC 1604 and CDC 6600; the latter was the most powerful computer of its time -- three times more powerful than IBM’s Stretch. Cray founded his own company, Cray Research, in 1972 and built supercomputers in a cylindrical design that aimed to cut down on the length of internal wiring. Crays are used primarily for scientific research and computer graphics.
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1968: Londonderry march ends in violence
Police have used batons and water cannon to break up a civil rights march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
At least 30 people, including MP Gerard Fitt and some children, have been injured.
Reports say police tried to disperse the protesters by using their batons indiscriminately and spraying water from hoses on armoured trucks.
The demonstrators retaliated with petrol bombs. A number of bonfires were lit in the Bogside area and when a fire engine arrived, the crowd turned on it and threatened to set it alight.
The march, organised with the support of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA), was held in protest at alleged discrimination against the majority Nationalist (and mainly catholic) population in Londonderry by the mainly Protestant Unionist-controlled local authority.
The trouble began when the march headed for Duke Street, a road declared out of bounds by the Northern Ireland Minister of Home Affairs, William Craig.
When the protesters turned into the street they were confronted by a barricade of police officers, in rows three deep, all armed with batons.
Loudspeakers urged the crowds to disperse but the calls went unheeded.
Violent skirmishes broke out and very quickly the street was filled with police wielding batons against men, women and children
In the chaos the Stormont and Westminster Republican Labour MP for Belfast west, Gerry Fitt, was struck down by a baton. He was hurried to a police car with blood pouring from his head and taken to hospital, where he later received stitches.
Mr Fitt told reporters: "I was a marked man before the march started. These were stormtrooper tactics at their worst. They hit me once, but that wasn't enough - they had to have another go, and this was the cause of the wound which had to be stitched."
Mr Craig has said he is satisfied there was no unnecessary brutality. He rejected suggestions that police had used their batons improperly.
NICRA formed in February 1967 to call for a number of reforms, including an end to the perceived discrimination against Catholics in the allocation of council housing and public sector jobs.
It wants the introduction of one man-one vote, rather than one vote per household, which was also seen as discriminatory against Catholic homes with multiple occupancy and an an end to gerrymandering electoral boundaries which in Nationalist areas like Londonderry has led to the return of Unionist-led authorities.
And it wants the repeal of the Special Powers Act, which was aimed at suppressing the IRA and gave police the power to search any property, and was therefore seen as disriminatory against Catholics.
BBC News Player - 1968: Londonderry march violence
Supercomputer Pioneer Cray Dies in Auto Accident
The father of the supercomputer, Seymour Cray died due to injuries sustained in a car accident two weeks earlier. Cray was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Chippewa Falls, Wis. Cray worked among computer pioneers after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1951 with bachelor’s and master’s degrees. With several others, he founded Control Data Corp., where he built the CDC 1604 and CDC 6600; the latter was the most powerful computer of its time -- three times more powerful than IBM’s Stretch. Cray founded his own company, Cray Research, in 1972 and built supercomputers in a cylindrical design that aimed to cut down on the length of internal wiring. Crays are used primarily for scientific research and computer graphics.
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1968: Londonderry march ends in violence
Police have used batons and water cannon to break up a civil rights march in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
At least 30 people, including MP Gerard Fitt and some children, have been injured.
Reports say police tried to disperse the protesters by using their batons indiscriminately and spraying water from hoses on armoured trucks.
The demonstrators retaliated with petrol bombs. A number of bonfires were lit in the Bogside area and when a fire engine arrived, the crowd turned on it and threatened to set it alight.
The march, organised with the support of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA), was held in protest at alleged discrimination against the majority Nationalist (and mainly catholic) population in Londonderry by the mainly Protestant Unionist-controlled local authority.
The trouble began when the march headed for Duke Street, a road declared out of bounds by the Northern Ireland Minister of Home Affairs, William Craig.
When the protesters turned into the street they were confronted by a barricade of police officers, in rows three deep, all armed with batons.
Loudspeakers urged the crowds to disperse but the calls went unheeded.
Violent skirmishes broke out and very quickly the street was filled with police wielding batons against men, women and children
In the chaos the Stormont and Westminster Republican Labour MP for Belfast west, Gerry Fitt, was struck down by a baton. He was hurried to a police car with blood pouring from his head and taken to hospital, where he later received stitches.
Mr Fitt told reporters: "I was a marked man before the march started. These were stormtrooper tactics at their worst. They hit me once, but that wasn't enough - they had to have another go, and this was the cause of the wound which had to be stitched."
Mr Craig has said he is satisfied there was no unnecessary brutality. He rejected suggestions that police had used their batons improperly.
NICRA formed in February 1967 to call for a number of reforms, including an end to the perceived discrimination against Catholics in the allocation of council housing and public sector jobs.
It wants the introduction of one man-one vote, rather than one vote per household, which was also seen as discriminatory against Catholic homes with multiple occupancy and an an end to gerrymandering electoral boundaries which in Nationalist areas like Londonderry has led to the return of Unionist-led authorities.
And it wants the repeal of the Special Powers Act, which was aimed at suppressing the IRA and gave police the power to search any property, and was therefore seen as disriminatory against Catholics.
BBC News Player - 1968: Londonderry march violence
Knotaclu
VIP Member
October 6th 1981:
Egypt's President Sadat assassinated
In Context
President Sadat was the first Arab leader to recognise the state of Israel since its creation in 1948.
Although popular in the West for his efforts at rapprochement with Israel, his policies dismayed much of the Arab world.
Under President Sadat, Egypt signed the Camp David accords with Israel in 1978 outlining "the framework for peace in the Middle East". This included limited autonomy for Palestinians.
A historic bilateral Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty was signed the following year. Arab states boycotted Egypt for breaking ranks and negotiating a separate treaty with Israel.
Following President Sadat's assassination, more than 700 people were rounded up.
Twenty-five faced a secret trial, five of whom were then executed, and 17 others given prison sentences and hard labour.
Vice-President Hosni Mubarak succeeded President Sadat as head of state.
Octobe 6th -1985:
Policeman killed in Tottenham riots
In Context
The police officer who was killed was named the following day as Sunderland-born Pc Keith Blakelock, aged 40 and a father of three.
He and his colleague Pc Richard Coombes had been trying to protect fire-fighters tackling a blaze when they were attacked by an angry mob.
Police in riot gear occupied the estate for two months after the riot, using police dogs, helicopters and surveillance equipment.
Three men - Winston Silcott, Engin Raghip and Mark Braithwaite - were convicted of murdering Pc Blakelock in 1987, but cleared on appeal four years later amid claims the evidence in the case may have been fabricated.
Pc Blakelock was posthumously awarded the Queen's Medal for Bravery.
Police in London began a review of his killing in 1999 after pressure from his widow, Elizabeth Johnson.
Detectives are still trying to gather fresh evidence on the murder. In October 2004 the blood-stained, slashed uniform he was wearing was removed from Scotland Yard's Black Museum for DNA testing.
Soon after the riots Labour council leader Bernie Grant was condemned from all sides for saying, "What the police got was a bloody good hiding."
I remember both of these, and being sickened by the death of the policeman.
Audio
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/ne...636900/6636937.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
Egypt's President Sadat assassinated
In Context
President Sadat was the first Arab leader to recognise the state of Israel since its creation in 1948.
Although popular in the West for his efforts at rapprochement with Israel, his policies dismayed much of the Arab world.
Under President Sadat, Egypt signed the Camp David accords with Israel in 1978 outlining "the framework for peace in the Middle East". This included limited autonomy for Palestinians.
A historic bilateral Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty was signed the following year. Arab states boycotted Egypt for breaking ranks and negotiating a separate treaty with Israel.
Following President Sadat's assassination, more than 700 people were rounded up.
Twenty-five faced a secret trial, five of whom were then executed, and 17 others given prison sentences and hard labour.
Vice-President Hosni Mubarak succeeded President Sadat as head of state.
Octobe 6th -1985:
Policeman killed in Tottenham riots
In Context
The police officer who was killed was named the following day as Sunderland-born Pc Keith Blakelock, aged 40 and a father of three.
He and his colleague Pc Richard Coombes had been trying to protect fire-fighters tackling a blaze when they were attacked by an angry mob.
Police in riot gear occupied the estate for two months after the riot, using police dogs, helicopters and surveillance equipment.
Three men - Winston Silcott, Engin Raghip and Mark Braithwaite - were convicted of murdering Pc Blakelock in 1987, but cleared on appeal four years later amid claims the evidence in the case may have been fabricated.
Pc Blakelock was posthumously awarded the Queen's Medal for Bravery.
Police in London began a review of his killing in 1999 after pressure from his widow, Elizabeth Johnson.
Detectives are still trying to gather fresh evidence on the murder. In October 2004 the blood-stained, slashed uniform he was wearing was removed from Scotland Yard's Black Museum for DNA testing.
Soon after the riots Labour council leader Bernie Grant was condemned from all sides for saying, "What the police got was a bloody good hiding."
I remember both of these, and being sickened by the death of the policeman.
Audio
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/ne...636900/6636937.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
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hadmad
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1961 U.S.A. Build Bomb Shelters
6th October, 1961: President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear war. Many Americans did prepare for nuclear war by buying up canned goods and building backyard bomb shelters. Also at the time many home builders offered a bomb shelter as part of new home packages.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Zgyp4HgNU]YouTube - Living in a Fallout Shelter Pt.1[/ame]
1926 U.S.A. Babe Ruth
6th October, 1926: Babe Ruth sets new record in World Series with three home runs and a 10-5 win over the Cardinals.
1927 U.S.A. "The Jazz Singer"
6th October, 1927: The Jazz Singer premiered in New York bringing to a close the era of silent movies and the sound and music era begins.
1949 East Germany Soviet Union Creates
6th October, 1949: The Soviet Union creates the Democratic Republic of Germany ( East Germany ) within the Soviet occupation zone.
1953 British Guiana Uprising
6th October, 1953: Naval and military forces are on their way to British Guiana in response to a threat to the administration of the British colony after the left-wing People's Progressive Party victory . British Guiana was granted independence in May 1966, when it changed the countries name to Guiana.
1968 Czechoslovakia Soviet Pull Out
6th October, 1968: The Czechoslovakia defense minister has announced after meeting the Soviet Union defense minister that most of the Soviet led occupation force in Czechoslovakia will be pulled out by the end of October.
1973 Israel Yom Kippur War
6th October, 1973: Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War. They were hoping to gain back territory lost during the earlier Arab Israeli war in 1967
1985 UK Rioting Broadwater Farm
6th October, 1985: Rioting continues at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, North London after the death of a local resident Cynthia Jarrett who died of heart failure after four policemen burst into her home during a raid. For the first time in the UK shots have been fired during a riot . The violence continued throughout the night between hundreds of black and white youths and 500 police with riot shields, helmets and truncheons. One Policeman was killed during a knifing incident and one officer has been shot and is seriously wounded. .
6th October, 1961: President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear war. Many Americans did prepare for nuclear war by buying up canned goods and building backyard bomb shelters. Also at the time many home builders offered a bomb shelter as part of new home packages.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Zgyp4HgNU]YouTube - Living in a Fallout Shelter Pt.1[/ame]
1926 U.S.A. Babe Ruth
6th October, 1926: Babe Ruth sets new record in World Series with three home runs and a 10-5 win over the Cardinals.
1927 U.S.A. "The Jazz Singer"
6th October, 1927: The Jazz Singer premiered in New York bringing to a close the era of silent movies and the sound and music era begins.
1949 East Germany Soviet Union Creates
6th October, 1949: The Soviet Union creates the Democratic Republic of Germany ( East Germany ) within the Soviet occupation zone.
1953 British Guiana Uprising
6th October, 1953: Naval and military forces are on their way to British Guiana in response to a threat to the administration of the British colony after the left-wing People's Progressive Party victory . British Guiana was granted independence in May 1966, when it changed the countries name to Guiana.
1968 Czechoslovakia Soviet Pull Out
6th October, 1968: The Czechoslovakia defense minister has announced after meeting the Soviet Union defense minister that most of the Soviet led occupation force in Czechoslovakia will be pulled out by the end of October.
1973 Israel Yom Kippur War
6th October, 1973: Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War. They were hoping to gain back territory lost during the earlier Arab Israeli war in 1967
1985 UK Rioting Broadwater Farm
6th October, 1985: Rioting continues at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, North London after the death of a local resident Cynthia Jarrett who died of heart failure after four policemen burst into her home during a raid. For the first time in the UK shots have been fired during a riot . The violence continued throughout the night between hundreds of black and white youths and 500 police with riot shields, helmets and truncheons. One Policeman was killed during a knifing incident and one officer has been shot and is seriously wounded. .
Knotaclu
VIP Member
October 16th
1987: Hurricane winds batter southern England
At least 13 people are known to have died and many dozens have been injured, mostly by falling trees and buildings.
Rescue workers faced an unprecedented number of call-outs as winds hit 94 mph (151 km/h) in the capital and over 110 mph (177 km/h) in the Channel Islands.
In Context
The storm cost a total of 18 lives and an estimated £1 billion in repairs and clear-up costs. Hundreds of people were injured.
Around 15 million trees were lost and hundreds of thousands of homes were without power for more than 24 hours.
By the time most people went to bed, exceptionally strong winds had not even been mentioned in national radio and TV weather broadcasts.
Michael Fish's famous line that there wouldn't be a hurricane was actually correct. He was referring to a tropical cyclone in the West Atlantic.
Officially the gusts were locally hurricane force in strength but not sufficiently widespread.
According to the Met Office the last storm of similar magnitude in England occurred in 1703.
1967: Joan Baez arrested in Vietnam protest
In Context
Joan Baez was a determined war protester as well as a successful singer. She was jailed several times for her political activism during the Vietnam years. On this occasion she got 10 days.
From 1948 until 1973 American men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.
University students could be exempt though this tended to favour young men from more privileged, high income families.
Others who did not wish to fight could apply for the status of 'Conscientious Objector' on moral or religious grounds.
Many who could not obtain exemption and refused to sign up received prison terms.
In 1973, the draft ended and the US converted to an 'All-Volunteer military'.
1987: Hurricane winds batter southern England
At least 13 people are known to have died and many dozens have been injured, mostly by falling trees and buildings.
Rescue workers faced an unprecedented number of call-outs as winds hit 94 mph (151 km/h) in the capital and over 110 mph (177 km/h) in the Channel Islands.
In Context
The storm cost a total of 18 lives and an estimated £1 billion in repairs and clear-up costs. Hundreds of people were injured.
Around 15 million trees were lost and hundreds of thousands of homes were without power for more than 24 hours.
By the time most people went to bed, exceptionally strong winds had not even been mentioned in national radio and TV weather broadcasts.
Michael Fish's famous line that there wouldn't be a hurricane was actually correct. He was referring to a tropical cyclone in the West Atlantic.
Officially the gusts were locally hurricane force in strength but not sufficiently widespread.
According to the Met Office the last storm of similar magnitude in England occurred in 1703.
1967: Joan Baez arrested in Vietnam protest
In Context
Joan Baez was a determined war protester as well as a successful singer. She was jailed several times for her political activism during the Vietnam years. On this occasion she got 10 days.
From 1948 until 1973 American men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.
University students could be exempt though this tended to favour young men from more privileged, high income families.
Others who did not wish to fight could apply for the status of 'Conscientious Objector' on moral or religious grounds.
Many who could not obtain exemption and refused to sign up received prison terms.
In 1973, the draft ended and the US converted to an 'All-Volunteer military'.
gclarke
TK Veteran
October 17, 1968
Olympic protestors stripped of their medals
On October 17, 1968, Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos are forced to return their awards because they raised their fists in a black-power salute during the medal ceremony. In a press conference the next day, International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage deplored the athletes’ "outrageous stance"--it repudiated, he said, "the basic principles of the Olympic games." The AP photograph of the ceremony is one of the most familiar and enduring images of a tumultuous era.
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October 17, 1931
Capone goes to prison
On this day in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s.
Olympic protestors stripped of their medals
On October 17, 1968, Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos are forced to return their awards because they raised their fists in a black-power salute during the medal ceremony. In a press conference the next day, International Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage deplored the athletes’ "outrageous stance"--it repudiated, he said, "the basic principles of the Olympic games." The AP photograph of the ceremony is one of the most familiar and enduring images of a tumultuous era.
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October 17, 1931
Capone goes to prison
On this day in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s.
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