Today in History: December 17, Black motorcyclist beaten to death after leading police chase
The present day is Wednesday Dec the st day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On Dec Arthur McDuffie a Black insurance broker and former Marine was beaten by police after leading them on a chase with his motorcycle in Miami McDuffie died four days later Four white police officers accused of beating McDuffie were acquitted in sparking riots in Miami that led to several deaths and millions of dollars in damages Also on this date In France becomes one of the first nations to officially recognize the independence of the United States Related Articles Last US cents sold at auction for a sum of million were worth a pretty penny The US labels another Latin American cartel a terrorist group as the anti-drug war escalates Trump expands movement ban and restrictions to include an additional countries Hyundai and Kia will repair millions of vehicles under a deal to fix anti-theft device FIFA slashes price of specific World Cup tickets to after global fan backlash In Wilbur and Orville Wright conducted the first fruitful manned powered airplane flights near Kitty Hawk North Carolina using their experimental craft the Wright Flyer In the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants - in the first NFL championship championship In U S Army Maj Gen Henry C Pratt rescinded incarceration orders for people of Japanese ancestry during World War II more than people about two-thirds of them U S citizens had been forced into camps after a February executive order by President Franklin D Roosevelt In President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Clean Air Act into law it was the first federal decree targeting the control of air toxicity In Lynette Squeaky Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R Ford in Sacramento California She was paroled in August In The Simpsons debuts on Fox television it has become the longest-running animated U S TV series In President George H W Bush Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Agreement Agreement in separate ceremonies NAFTA went into effect in and was replaced by the United States Mexico Canada Agreement in In the United States and Cuba released they would restore diplomatic relations which had been severed in after Fidel Castro s revolution overthrew a U S -backed governing body Full diplomatic relations resumed in In Lt Gen Igor Kirillov a senior Russian general was killed by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow a day after Ukraine s safety system accused him of directing the use of banned chemical weapons in Russia s war in Ukraine A Ukrainian official disclosed the arrangement carried out the attack in which Kirillov s assistant also died The present day s Birthdays Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is Actor Ernie Hudson is Political commentator Chris Matthews is Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is Actor Wes Studi is Rock singer Paul Rodgers is Actor Bill Pullman is Filmmaker Peter Farrelly is Rock musician Mike Mills R E M is Country singer Tracy Byrd is Actor Laurie Holden is Actor Claire Forlani is Filmmaker Rian Johnson is Actor Sarah Paulson is Actor Giovanni Ribisi is Actor Milla Jovovich YO -vuh-vich is Boxer Manny Pacquiao is Actor Emma Bell is Actor-singer Nat Wolff is
