An overwhelming majority chose anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela to head a new coalition government that included his African National Congress Party, On April 27, , the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade. On April 27, B. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets.
Kepler was born on December 27, , in Weil der On April 27, , world heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano retires from boxing at age 31, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. Marciano ended his career as the only heavyweight champion with a perfect record—49 wins in 49 professional bouts, with 43 knockouts.
Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. Ulysses S. Though Grant later admitted in In the confusion Edwards fled through the front door, eventually flagging down the police car. Upon their arrival at his apartment, Dahmer invited the attending officers inside, admitting it was he who had placed the handcuffs on Edwards and that the keys were in his nightstand. On entering the bedroom, one officer noticed a partially open drawer filled with Polaroid pictures of numerous bodies in differing states of dismemberment.
Seeing the images, Dahmer attempted to escape, but was quickly subdued by police, who immediately called for assistance. Further investigation at the apartment would reveal preserved sexual organs, two entire skeletons, severed hands and a further three torsos submerged in acid. When authorities asked Dahmer if it would be possible to lead a normal life if he were ever released, the murderer responded that the best place for him was prison—because if he ever got out, he would go right back to the same behavior, including killing.
Sentenced to 16 consecutive life terms, Dahmer was killed by fellow prison inmate Christopher Scarver in From Gary Ridgway's first murder to his eventual capture and arrest, here are the key moments from his killing spree that claimed the lives of at least 48 women. From the first slaying to David Berkowitz's eventual capture and confession, here are the key moments from the Son of Sam murder case.
From Gacy's first sexual assault conviction to his eventual execution, here are the key moments from one of the most notorious murder sprees in U. His heinous crimes and murders sentenced him to life in prison, but after less than three years behind bars, the cold-blooded killer became the victim. Dennis Rader tormented his Kansas community with a string of murders and taunted the police who couldn't solve his crimes, but blew his own cover through an insatiable desire for attention.
The Colorado father killed his family in August and confessed just days later. He hung himself in his jail cell two years later. The intelligent, engaging law student murdered at least 20 women in a spree that spanned the country until his arrest in Peterson was declared guilty of the crimes in , but in , his death sentence was overturned, setting the stage for a never-ending legal saga.
By Colin Bertram. The threat from "lone actors" is growing, British Home Secretary Priti Patel warned today as she visited the scene of the terror attack in the southern English city of Reading where three people were killed in a knife attack. British police said Sunday they were treating a stabbing spree in which a lone assailant killed three people in a park filled with families and friends in the southern English city of Reading as a "terrorism incident".
Three people were killed and another three seriously injured when a man went on a stabbing spree in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday, though police said they were not currently treating the incident as terrorism. Police shot and killed a man wanted in a Central California "shooting spree", and three law enforcement officers were wounded in the shoot-out at vineyard where he was tracked down on Thursday afternoon, sheriffs officials said.
British police on Sunday shot dead a man in London wearing a "hoax device" and suspected of stabbing two people, leaving one of them with life-threatening injuries, in an "Islamist-related" terrorist incident. Three days earlier, Johnson had also won the meters, making him the first man in history to win both events at the Olympics.
Four years earlier The act was intended to revive the sagging spirit of detente between the Soviet Union Union General Ulysses S. Within a few months, Sheridan drove a Confederate force from the Shenandoah Valley and destroyed nearly all possible sources of Rebel supplies, helping to seal the fate of the Live TV.
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