Oil prices hit $100/barrel (2008), causing supply problems in the US. Lindberg child kidnapper convicted (1935). JFK announces presidential candidacy (1960). Duquesne spy ring members convicted (1942). Nixon creates national speed limit of 55mph (1974). Maria Callas exits performance (1958). 6,000 US citizens arrested for communism (1920). First female White House staffer hired (1890). Last Moorish stronghold falls in Spain (1492). Yorkshire Ripper captured after five-year search (1981).
Oil prices reached above $100 US dollars (USD) a barrel for the first time. (2008) Soaring prices have led to a supply problem in the US and many people have been seen waiting for hours just to get a full tank of gas. Many stations ran out of gas completely, leading to violence in some cities.
The kidnapper of the Lindberg child has been tried. (1935) The kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindberg’s son had caused a media frenzy. Bruno Hauptmann, the perpetrator, was convicted of the kidnapping and murder and was executed.
John F. Kennedy has announced his candidacy for president. (1960) Kennedy was a Senator from Massachusetts at the time. He went on to become one of the best known and most loved presidents of the United States before his assassination in 1963.
Members of the Duquesne spy ring were convicted. (1942) The German spy ring, led by Fritz Duquesne, was one of the largest in US history. Ring members were placed in strategic jobs in the United States to learn secrets and pass information to Germany. The FBI spent nearly two years engaged in counterintelligence before finally capturing the group.
US President Nixon created a national speed limit. (1974) In the face of the OPEC embargo and growing environmental concerns, Nixon set the national speed limit at 55 mph (88 km/h).
Famous soprano Maria Callas exited a performance. (1958) Known for her personal life as volatile and dramatic as her singing, Callas walked out after the first act of Norma in Rome, claiming illness. A large part of Rome’s high society was present at the exhibition, as well as the President of the Republic.
More than 6,000 US citizens have been arrested on charges of being Communists. (1920) This was part of a series of raids by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to try to eradicate communism and anarchy from America. The 6,000 people arrested were held without trial before Palmer was replaced with a more lenient attorney general.
The first female White House staffer went to work. (1890) Alice Sanger was hired as a stenographer for President Benjamin Harrison. Sanger was the first woman to hold non-household service work in the White House, and her appointment was thought to be an olive branch for the growing suffragist movement.
The last Moorish stronghold in Spain fell. (1492) Known as the Reconquista, this marked the first time in approximately 700 years that Spain had been entirely under Spanish control.
The Yorkshire Ripper has been captured. (1981) One of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, Peter Sutcliffe killed at least 13 women. The search for the Yorkshire Ripper went on for five years before Sutcliffe was finally arrested. Police had actually questioned him nine times during the investigation, but he convinced them he wasn’t involved.
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