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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Trial begins in Amityville murders – 1975
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Yellow fever breaks out in Philadelphia – 1793
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – A former postal worker commits mass murder – 1991
Former U.S. postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two former co-workers to death at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The night before, Harris had killed his former supervisor, Carol Ott, with a three-foot samurai sword, and shot her fiance, Cornelius Kasten, in their home. After a four-hour standoff with police at the post office, Harris was arrested. His violent outburst was one of several high-profile attacks by postal workers that resulted in the addition of the phrase “going postal” to the American lexicon. Continue reading “THIS DAY IN HISTORY – A former postal worker commits mass murder – 1991”
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts – 1635
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Great Chicago Fire begins – 1871
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – New York Times publishes bombshell investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein – 2017
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose – 1970
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – A cult leader kills one of his followers – 1988
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – “The Brady Bunch” premieres – 1969
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – A 13-year-old newspaper delivery boy is found dead – 1983
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Redcoats kill sleeping Americans in Paoli Massacre – 1777
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Unabomber manifesto published – 1995
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Patty Hearst captured by police – 1975
THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy – 2008
On September 15, 2008, the venerable Wall Street brokerage firm Lehman Brothers seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, becoming the largest victim of the subprime mortgage crisis that would devastate financial markets and contribute to the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Continue reading “THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy – 2008”
