Daily Archives: January 7, 2023

Police in helicopter kill serial sniper and black nationalist on New Orleans hotel roof after he murdered nine people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1973)

1970s


Video: 'SYND 8-1-73 SCENES OF GUN BATTLE'

(Sunday, January 7, 1973, shortly before 9 p.m. CST) — After a day of terror in which 7 persons, including three police officers, were killed and 13 were wounded, New Orleans policemen, in a borrowed Marine helicopter, tonight killed sniper Mark Essex, a former Black Panther party member, with red tracer bullets. Continue reading Police in helicopter kill serial sniper and black nationalist on New Orleans hotel roof after he murdered nine people 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1973) →

President Harry Truman announces the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1953)

1950s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Today in History: Truman Announce H-Bomb'

(Wednesday, January 7, 1953, 9:00 a.m. EST; during the Cold War) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced today in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb and warned Joseph Stalin that a war provoked by Russia now would mean the ruin of the Soviet regime and homeland. Continue reading President Harry Truman announces the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 7 1953) →