THE LATEST FROM COOL 102.1
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Nuremberg Trials Executions…… October 16, 1946…… Ten of the 12 former Nazi leaders who had been sentenced to death are hanged. Hermann Göring committed suicide the night before and Martin Bormann, who was convicted in absentia, had died the previous year.
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Mata Hari Executed…… October 15, 1917…… The world’s most famous spy, Mata Hari, is executed. She had been convicted of spying for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France. She refused a blindfold and blew a kiss to the firing squad before her execution.
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Martin Luther King Awarded the Nobel Prize….. October 14, 1964…… The black civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Rugby Team Eats Their Dead…… October 13, 1972……. A flight containing members of the Uruguayan Old Christians Rugby team crashes in the Andes. They would have to resort to cannibalism to survive the 72 days until their rescue. Only 16 of the 45 people on board survived. Twelve died in the crash or shortly thereafter;…