October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1996:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to 6,010.00, closing above 6,000 for the first time ever.

1960:
U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps.

1949:
Eleven leaders of the U.S. Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Ten defendants are sentenced to 5 years in prison each, and the eleventh to 3 years. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions on June 4, 1951.

1913:
The New Mexico Supreme Court upholds a sodomy conviction. Ex Parte DeVore, 136 P. 47.

1834:
In Philadelphia, Whigs and Democrats stage a gun, stone and brick battle for control of a Moyamensing Township election, resulting in one death, several injuries, and the burning down of a block of buildings.