Subway Vigilante June 16, 1987 Bernhard Goetz is convicted of carrying an unlicensed concealed weapon. He had been acquitted of murder charges. He shot four black youths in a N.Y. subway car, claiming he was frightened when they asked for $5. He was seen as a hero to many New Yorkers, who were tired of the crime in the...

If It Doesn't Fit, You Must Acquit June 15, 1995 The prosecution in the Simpson murders asks O.J. Simpson to try on one of the gloves found at the murder scene and his home. Simpson appeared to have difficulty putting the glove on over the latex gloves he was wearing. The defense would then use the famous statement, &q...

O.J. Simpson Murders June 12, 1994 Football Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman are murdered at her home. Simpson was later arrested for the murders and then subsequently found not guilty in what was called "The Trial of the Century." Goldman was there returning glas...

Worst Crash in Motorsports History June 11, 1955 Eighty-three spectators and a driver are killed in an accident during the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race in France. While preparing for a pit stop, driver Mike Hawthorn pulled to the right side of the track in front of driver Lance Macklin and started braking. Macklin, un...

World War II - Lidice Massacre June 10, 1942 Under orders of Adolf Hitler, the village of Lidice, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now in the Czech Republic), is destroyed. The massacre was in retaliation for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in the late spring of 1942. The Nazis execute...