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11Apr
2016

This Week in History – All Charges Dropped in Duke Lacrosse Case

Photo:  After months of press attention and an irrevocable stain on the Duke athletic program, North Carolina attorney general Roy Cooper declared on April 11, 2007 in exonerating lacrosse players Reade Seligmann, David ...

25Jan
2016

This Week in History – Charles Manson Convicted of Murder

On  January 26, 1971, Charles Manson was given the death sentence for conspiracy to commit murder. His death was automatically commuted to life imprisonment when California got rid of the death penalty. West Palm Beach ...

07Jul
2014

This Week in History – Monkeys and Mockingbirds

                      On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’ Connor to be the first woman Supreme Court Justice. On July 10, 1925, the ...