04Apr
2016
2016
This Week in History – Martin Luther King, Jr. is Assassinated
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Photo: Lorraine Hotel (Memphis, TN), April 4, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed outside the Lorraine Motel where he was staying; he had come there to support sanitation workers in their strike. Today the restored Lorraine Motel has been transformed into the National Civil Rights Museum (Source: Creative Commons).
West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history.
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptman was executed for the kidnapping/murder of the Lindburgh baby.
On April 4, 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis.
On April 5, 1951, Federal court sentenced convicted atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death by electrocution.
Have a great week!