Video: 'O.J. Simpson Pursuit, June 17, 1994

(Friday, June 17, 1994, 6:45-8:00 p.m. PDT) — The police pursued O.J. Simpson, riding in his white Bronco (driven by his friend Al Cowlings, who said Simpson was in the back seat and had a gun to his own head) in a slow-speed chase for about 50 miles along Southern California highways this evening before he finally surrendered outside his Los Angeles home, ending a long day on the run. Continue reading O.J. Simpson threatens suicide during 50-mile slow-speed Bronco chase 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 17 1994) →

Video: 'HISTORY: Simpson case day one, Monday 13 June 1994'

(Sunday, June 12, 1994, approximately 10:40 p.m. PDT) — Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death tonight on the walkway leading to her condominium at 875 South Bundy Drive in Los Angeles; their bodies were discovered the following day at 12:10 a.m. PDT. Continue reading O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1994) →

Video: 'The Passing of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis--NBC News with Tom Brokaw, May 1994'

(Thursday, May 19, 1994, 10:15 p.m. EDT) — Jacqueline Lee (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis, the widow of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and first lady of the United States during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963, died tonight in her sleep in her Manhattan apartment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer. She was 64. Continue reading Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, 64, dies in her Manhattan apartment 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 19 1994) →

(Tuesday, May 10, 1994, 12:17 p.m. South African Standard Time) — With the commanding dignity that has carried him through more than half a century of defiance, captivity and conciliation, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, jailed for 27 years for his anti-apartheid activism, became the first black President of South Africa today in Pretoria. Continue reading Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1994) →