Daily Archives: May 8, 2018

Vice President Nixon Nixon stoned by rioters in Lima, Peru 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1958)

1950s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Nixon in Peru - 1958 | Today In History | 8 May 17'

(Thursday, May 8, 1958) — Vice President Richard Nixon, on an eight-nation tour of South America, was spat upon, grazed on the neck by a stone, shoved and booed as he marched today in Lima, Peru, into mobs of Communist-led demonstrators demanding his ouster from the country. Continue reading Vice President Nixon Nixon stoned by rioters in Lima, Peru 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1958) →

‘Son of Sam’ killer David Berkowitz pleads guilty 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1978)

1970s


Video: '5/8/1978: 'Son of Sam' Pleads Guilty'

(Monday, May 8, 1978) — David Berkowitz, the lonely postal worker who said he was driven by howling demons, pleaded guilty today in a Brooklyn courtroom to all six “Son of Sam” murders in a year-long reign of terror with his .44 caliber revolver. Continue reading ‘Son of Sam’ killer David Berkowitz pleads guilty 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1978) →