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BTK killer sentenced to 175 years in prison (2005), South Africa banned from Olympics due to apartheid policies (1964), Hitler temporarily halted euthanasia program (1941), helium discovered (1868), first person of color graduates from University of Mississippi (1963), women gain right to vote in US (1920), French priest burned at stake for witchcraft (1634), first female students admitted to Virginia Military Institute (1997), Tokyo mayor donates cherry trees to US (1909), Hurricane Alicia causes nearly $3 billion in damage (1983).
BTK killer was sentenced to 175 years in prison. (2005) Dennis Rader, who killed 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas area, was sentenced to 10 life sentences, the equivalent of 175 years, in prison.
South Africa has been banned from the Tokyo Olympic Games. (1964) The country, banned for its apartheid policies, did not return to the Olympic Games in 1992.
Hitler temporarily halted his euthanasia program. (1941) Due to loud protests, Hitler ordered an end to the euthanasia of the handicapped and mentally ill. Later he will resume the practice in the concentration camps in Poland.
Helium has been discovered. (1868) Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, a French astronomer, discovered the gas while observing a solar eclipse on this day. He was initially ridiculed for discovering an element in space before it was discovered on Earth.
The first person of color to graduate from the University of Mississippi. (1963) James Meredith majored in political science; he went on to graduate from Columbia in 1968 with a law degree.
Women have had the right to vote in the United States. (1920) Tennessee became the 36th state to pass the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, making it law. The amendment gave all US citizens the right to vote, regardless of their gender.
A French Catholic priest was burned at the stake after being found guilty of witchcraft. (1634) Urbain Gandier was sentenced to death for making a pact with the devil. Gandier withstood torture but never admitted to witchcraft or signed the diabolical pact documents, which were likely forged.
The first female students were admitted to the Virginia Military Institute. (1997) The class of 30 women were the first female students in the institution’s 158-year history.
The mayor of Tokyo has donated 2,000 cherry trees to the United States. (1909) US President William Howard Taft accepted the gift of Yukio Ozaki and placed the trees along the Potomac River.
Hurricane Alicia hit Texas, causing nearly US$3 billion in damage. (1983) Category 3 hurricane killed 22 people. It was the first hurricane to hit land in the United States since Hurricane Allen in 1980. The 1,103-day gap is the longest outage in U.S. hurricane history.
