January 6th, 2009

Today in History

2005:
Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.

1994:
Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding.

1930:
The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).

1912:
New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state.

1853:
American President-Elect Franklin Pierce, wife Jane, and son Ben are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Franklin and Jane survive but eleven year old Ben is killed.