October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1987:
18-month-old Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") falls down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas (her nationally televised rescue takes 58 hours).

1985:
U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese says in U.S. News & World Report, "If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect."

1981:
Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

1968:
Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours.

1958:
The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.