1963
Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and mortally
wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
1971
Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest
Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. His fate remains
unknown.
2010
A jury in Austin convicted former House Majority
Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, on charges he'd illegally funneled corporate money
to Texas candidates in 2002. (DeLay is appealing a three-year prison sentence.)
P.S. I apologize for my low techiness. Have been unable to post but now it is fixed (hopefully)