Mark David Chapman is the man who shot and killed musician John Lennon on December 8, 1980 in New York City.
Before his trial began, Chapman was allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to a prison term of 20 years to life despite being diagnosed as delusional and possibly psychotic.
He remains […]

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Robert Alan Laponte is an American race car driver and drives the #43 Cheerios Dodge Charger for the Petty Enterprises NASCAR Racing Team in the Nextel Cup Series and the #77 Dollar General Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Kevin Harvick Incorporated in the Busch Series.
During the mid-1990s, he was diagnosed with Graves Disease, a thyroid gland […]

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Eddie Rabbitt was a country music singer. He enjoyed much pop success in his career, helping develop the crossover-influenced sound in country music during the 1970s and 80s. During his career, he scored 26 number-ones.
Rabbitt signed with Elektra Records in 1974. His first single, “You Get To Me” made the Top 40 that year, and […]

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement.
Gandhi was arrested in Bombay by the British on August 9, 1942. Gandhi was held for two years in the Aga Khan Palace in Pune.
It was here that Gandhi suffered two […]

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Tammy Wynette was an American country singer and songwriter. She was known as the “First Lady of Country Music” and one of her best-known songs, “Stand by Your Man,” was one of the biggest selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the country music genre.
Her first single, “Apartment #9″ (written by […]

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Civil Rights activists called Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia, (1960) 364 U.S.
The first Freedom Ride left Washington DC on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. Riders were arrested for […]

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The May 3, 1999, Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak was the first stage of a severe weather event that lasted from May 3 until May 6 and brought violent storms to Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Tennessee.
On May 3, 1999, 66 tornadoes broke out in Oklahoma and Kansas. The most significant tornado first touched down southwest of Chickasha, […]

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The Battle of Alcatraz was an unsuccessful escape attempt at the Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary that lasted from May 2-4, 1946.
Two guards and three inmates were killed in the “battle”, with another 11 guards and one inmate injured. Two of the surviving convict participants were also later executed for their roles in the escape attempt […]

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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an award-winning, prolific, and best-selling American author, screenwriter, columnist, actor, producer and director. Having sold over 350 million copies of his books, King is best known for his work in horror fiction, which demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the genre’s history. He has also written science fiction, […]

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The 1982 World’s Fair was held in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the United States. The theme of the exposition was “Energy Turns the World.”
It opened on May 1, 1982, and closed on October 31, 1982 after receiving over 11 million visitors. Participating nations included Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Korea, […]

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