OJ Simpson arrested and charged with murder – Chicago Tribune

Today is Monday, June 17, the 169th day of the year 2024. There are 197 days left in the year.

Today's story highlight:

On June 17, 1994, after leading police on a low-speed chase on Southern California highways, OJ Simpson was arrested and charged with murder for the killing of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Simpson was later acquitted in a criminal trial, but held responsible in a civil trial.)

To this date :

In 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill, during the Revolutionary War, resulted in a costly victory for the British, who suffered heavy losses.

In 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isère.

In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, which raised U.S. tariffs to historically high levels, provoking foreign retaliation.

In 1963, the United States Supreme Court, in Abington (Pa.) School District v. Schempp, struck down, 8 to 1, rules requiring the recitation of the Lord's Prayer or the reading of Bible verses in public schools.

In 1967, China successfully tested its first thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb.

In 1972, the downfall of President Richard Nixon began with the arrest of five burglars inside the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.

In 2008, hundreds of same-sex couples married across California on the first full day that same-sex marriage became legal under a ruling from the state's highest court.

In 2009, President Barack Obama extended certain benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

In 2012, Rodney King, 47, whose recorded beatings by Los Angeles police in 1991 sparked widespread outrage and who struggled with addiction and repeated arrests, died in Rialto, California, in a drowning accident. apparently accidental.

In 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that states cannot require proof of citizenship from people registered to vote in federal elections unless they obtain approval from the federal government or from a court to do so.

In 2017, the jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case declared itself hopelessly deadlocked, leading to a mistrial for the 79-year-old TV star accused of drugging and groping a woman more than a decade earlier; prosecutors immediately announced they would pursue a second trial. (That trial resulted in Cosby's conviction, but Pennsylvania's highest court later overturned it.)

In 2019, Iran announced that it was not complying with the international agreement that prevented it from producing nuclear weapons; this announcement meant that Iran could soon begin enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels. The Trump administration followed Iran's announcement by ordering 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East.

In 2021, the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, left the entire Affordable Care Act intact, rejecting the last major Republican-led effort to kill the national health care law known as the name “Obamacare”.

Today's birthdays: Actor Peter Lupus is 92 years old. Director Ken Loach is 88 years old. Singer Barry Manilow is 81 years old. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is 81 years old. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 73 years old. Actor Mark Linn-Baker is 70 years old. Actor Jon Gries (gryz) is 67 years old. Rock singer Jello Biafra is 66 years old. Producer-director-writer Bobby Farrelly is 66 years old. Actor Thomas Haden Church is 64 years old. Actor Greg Kinnear is 61 years old. Actor Kami Cotler is 59 years old. Olympic gold medalist speed skater Dan Jansen is 59 years old. Actor Jason Patric is 58 years old. Actor-comedian Will Forte is 54 years old. Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio is 53 years old. Tennis player Venus Williams is 44 years old. Actor Arthur Darvill is 42 years old. Actor Jodie Whittaker is 42 years old. Actor Manish Dayal is 41 years old. Country singer Mickey Guyton is 41 years old. Actor Marie Avgeropoulos is 38 years old. Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 37 years old. NHL forward Nikita Kucherov is 31 years old. Actor KJ Apa is 27 years old.