February 4, 1999 — Amadou Diallo is shot dead by the police
Amadou Diallo was only 23 years old, and had only been in New York City for about two and half...
November 9, 2013
Crime & Law
April 20, 1999 — The Columbine Massacre
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, with murder on their minds. The pair...
October 29, 2013
October 22, 2001 – The SEC begins to investigate Enron
It was only the beginning of the end, but by the time it was done, one of the greatest success...
September 4, 2013
February 1, 2002 — The Patriot Act takes effect in the USA
The PATRIOT Act (in full: the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism...
August 29, 2013
July 14, 2003 — Valerie Plame is outed as a spy
In one of the more astonishing displays of the Bush administration’s belief that it was above the law, Valerie Plame...
August 9, 2013
February 5, 2004 — Undocumented workers drowned in Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay is located in Lancashire, England, and is the site of a traditional cockle picking area. But as with...
August 4, 2013
February 25, 2004 — Niyazov bans beards in Turkmenistan
Just in case there was any remaining doubt that he was a raving loony, Saparmurat Niyazov, President For Life of...
July 29, 2013
June 27, 2005 — Bunny Greenhouse testifies regarding Halliburton’s corruption
Bunny Greenhouse was a rising star in the United States Army Corps of Engineers until the year 2000. Suddenly, under...
June 4, 2013
August 29, 2005 — Hurricane Katrina destroys much of New Orleans
At 6:10AM on the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made a landfall on the Louisiana coast near Buras-Triumph....
May 29, 2013
December 13, 2005 — Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams executed
Tookie Williams wasn’t anyone’s idea of a nice guy. He was one of the leading members of the notorious Crips...
May 24, 2013
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