Video: 'Paul McCartney 4-17-93 Anaheim CA UNRELEASED'
(Saturday, April 17, 1993, video collage began at 8:20 p.m. PDT) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, on the second stop of the North America leg of his The New World Tour to promote McCartney’s ninth studio album Off the Ground. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs at Anaheim Stadium in California 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1993)
Video: 'The Spy Game That Killed Yamamoto - WW2 - Spies & Ties 17'
(Sunday, April 18, 1943, 9:35 a.m. local time; during Operation Vengeance, part of Solomon Islands campaign, part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet and mastermind of the sneak attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was killed today as his plane was shot down by U.S. Army fighter pilot Thomas Lanphier, Jr while approaching Bougainville in the Solomon Islands after American code breakers identified his flight plans. Continue reading Isoroku Yamamoto, mastermind of Japanese sneak attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, killed in action 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 18 1943)
(Saturday, April 17, 1993) — “Simple Life” by Elton John peaked at #30 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Simple Life’ by Elton John peaks at #30 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1993)
Video: 'ABC News special report on the Rodney King trial verdicts (April 17, 1993)'
(Saturday, April 17, 1993, all the verdicts read by 7:06 a.m. PDT) — A federal jury today convicted two Los Angeles police officers and acquitted two others of violating the civil rights of motorist Rodney King during his 1991 arrest and beating.
Many residents of this tense city greeted the convictions of Sgt. Stacey C. Koon and Officer Laurence M. Powell with cheers, while the police, on full mobilization with riot gear, relaxed their guard (Koon and Powell would later be sentenced to 30 months in prison).
Reaction centered more on the two convictions than on the acquittals of Officer Theodore J. Briseno and former Officer Timothy E. Wind, who played smaller roles in the beating, which was captured on amateur videotape and shown nationwide (Wind and Briseno were soon dismissed by the LAPD for their role in the beating).
Video: '30 years after Rodney King LAPD beating video, what has changed?'
Los Angeles seemed to exhale in relief as the verdicts brought to a close two years of turmoil after the March 3, 1991, beating of King, an African American man who was stopped for speeding.
Acquittals of the four officers on assault charges in a state trial in 1992 touched off the worst urban rioting this century; 52 people died and property damage was estimated at nearly $1 billion.
Though the basic facts were the same as in a state trial, the prosecution presented a more coherent and forceful case, relying less heavily on the videotape, as it faced the higher legal burden of proving criminal intent.
The second prosecution was possible, despite the Constitution’s prohibition against double jeopardy, because the state and the Federal Government are considered separate jurisdictions.
