Today in History: June 17, O.J. Simpson charged with murder following highway chase
In the current era is Tuesday June the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On June after leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways O J Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman Simpson was acquitted of the murders in a criminal trial in but held liable in a civil trial in Also on this date In the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill resulted in a costly win for the British who suffered heavy losses Related Articles Jury finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defamation orders him to pay M in damages Clinician charged with supplying Matthew Perry ketamine will plead guilty to distributing the drug The Trump family s next venture a mobile phone company Credit scores decline for millions as US apprentice loan collections restart In current times in History June Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space In the Statue of Liberty disassembled and packed into separate crates arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French frigate Is re In President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act which boosted U S tariffs to historically high levels prompting foreign retaliation In the U S Supreme Court in Abington Pa School District v Schempp struck down - rules requiring the recitation of the Lord s Prayer or reading of biblical verses in citizens schools In President Richard Nixon s eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside the Democratic headquarters in Washington D C s Watergate complex In hundreds of same-sex couples got married across California on the first full day that same-sex marriage became legal by order of the state s highest court an estimated same-sex couples would be married under the California law in its first three months In nine Black worshippers were killed when a gunman opened fire during a Bible assessment gathering at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina Dylann Roof a white supremacist was captured the following day he would be convicted on state and federal murder and hate crime charges and sentenced to death In the Supreme Court in a - ruling left intact the entire Affordable Care Act rejecting a major Republican-led effort to kill the national strength care law known informally as Obamacare In President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law creating the first new national holiday since the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr Day In the present day s Birthdays Filmmaker Ken Loach is Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is Musician Barry Manilow is Comedian Joe Piscopo is Actor Jon Gries is Filmmaker Bobby Farrelly is Actor Thomas Haden Church is Actor Greg Kinnear is Olympic speed skating gold medalist Dan Jansen is Fashion designer Tory Burch is Actor Jason Patric is Actor-comedian Will Forte is Latin pop singer-songwriter Paulina Rubio is Tennis Hall of Famer Leander Paes is Tennis star Venus Williams is Actor Jodie Whittaker is Rapper Kendrick Lamar is Actor KJ Apa is
