{"id":27951,"date":"2016-08-10T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27951"},"modified":"2016-08-10T08:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T13:01:34","slug":"today-in-history-235","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27951","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Wednesday, August\u00a0 10, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Aug. 10, 1977, “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, N.Y., accused of six slayings and seven woundings in a year-long spree of random shootings of mostly young couples parked in cars in New York City. (Berkowitz is serving six consecutive sentences of 25 years to life in prison.)
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1821<\/td>\nMissouri became the 24th state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1846<\/td>\nCongress chartered the Smithsonian Institution, named after English scientist James Smithson, whose bequest of $500,000 made it possible.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1874<\/td>\nHerbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, was born in West Branch, Iowa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1885<\/td>\nAmerica’s first commercially operated electric streetcar began operation in Baltimore.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/td>\nFranklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nAmerican forces overcame Japanese resistance on Guam during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/td>\nThe National Military Establishment was renamed the Department of Defense.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1962<\/td>\nMarvel Comics superhero Spider-Man made his debut in issue 15 of “Amazing Fantasy.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nLeno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson’s cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nPresident Ronald Reagan signed a measure providing $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans interred by the U.S. government during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nRuth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female Supreme Court justice.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2006<\/td>\nBritish authorities announced they had thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up 10 aircraft heading to the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nAmerican swimmer Michael Phelps won the first of a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics by smashing his own world record in the 400-meter individual medley.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Angie Harmon turns 44 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rhonda Fleming<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ronnie Spector<\/td>\nSinger (The Ronettes)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ian Anderson<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Jethro Tull)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rosanna Arquette<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Julia Fordham<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neneh Cherry<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JoAnna Garcia<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Antonio Banderas turns 56 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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