2014
This Week in History: 9-28-14
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in past years.
On September 30, 1946, an international Military Tribunal sentenced 11 former Nazi leaders to death for war crimes, the executions occurred 16 days later at Nuremberg.
On October 1, 1971, Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida opened.
On October 2, 1967, Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
On October 3, 1995, O.J. Simpson in the “trial of the century” was found not guilty on two murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend, Ron Goldman.
On October 4, 1953, Earl Warren was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
On October 4, 2002, “American Taliban” John Walker plead guilty to being a member of a terrorist organization and was sentenced to 20 years.
Quote: “If you knew everything about everyone, you would never judge anyone.” -Anonymous
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