Today is Sunday, June 21, 2026

Today in
Crime History

1964 - Three civil rights workers disappeared in Philadelphia, MS. Their bodies were found on August 4, 1964 in an earthen dam. Eight Ku Klux Klan members later went to federal prison on conspiracy charges.

1969 - In South Carolina, civil rights leader Rev. Ralph Abernathy was jailed on riot charges.

1982 - A jury in Washington, DC, found John Hinckley Jr. innocent by reason of insanity in the shootings of U.S. President Reagan and three other men.

1993 - In Madrid, five senior military officers and two civilians were killed by a car bomb. 24 people were injured. The Basque terror group claimed responsibility.

2001 - In Alexandria, VA, a U.S. federal grand jury indicted 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen.

Today in
Disaster History

1990 - In northwest Iran, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroyed cities and villages in the Caspian Sea area. At least 50,000 people were killed.

2002 - In southern Russia, 93 people died in heavy rains and flooding. (June 21-29)

Today in
Death History

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