Today In History, Feb. 10: Mike Tyson
Today is Sunday, Feb. 10.
Today's Highlight in History:
1992: Mike Tyson
In 1992, boxer Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. (Tyson served three years in prison.)
1936: Gestapo
In 1936, Nazi Germany's Reichstag passed a law investing the Gestapo secret police with absolute authority, exempt from any legal review.
1949: "Death of a Salesman"
In 1949, Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" opened at Broadway's Morosco Theater with Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman.
1959: St. Louis Tornado
In 1959, a major tornado tore through the St. Louis area, killing 21 people and causing heavy damage.
1962: Francis Gary Powers
On Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
1968: Peggy Fleming
In 1968, U.S. figure skater Peggy Fleming, 19, won America's only gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France, in the ladies' singles event. (Gabriele Seyfert of East Germany earned the silver medal, Hana Maskova of Czechoslovakia, the bronze.)
1981: Las Vegas Hilton Hotel
In 1981, eight people were killed when a fire set by a busboy broke out at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino.
1992: Alex Haley
In 1992, author Alex Haley died in Seattle at age 70.
2004: John Kerry
In 2004, Democrat John Kerry won the Virginia and Tennessee primaries.
2005: Arthur Miller
In 2005, playwright Arthur Miller died in Roxbury, Connecticut, at age 89 on the 56th anniversary of the Broadway opening of "Death of a Salesman."
2009: Tzipi Livni
Ten years ago: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's (TSIH'-pee LIHV'-neez) centrist Kadima Party narrowly won the most seats in Israel's 120-member parliament. (However, it was Benjamin Netanyahu who ended up forming the new Israeli government.)
2014: Maria Hoefl-Riesch
Five years ago: Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won Olympic gold at Sochi in the super-combined less than a second ahead of both silver medalist Nicole Hosp of Austria and Julia Mancuso of the United States, who won the bronze.
2014: Shirley Temple Black
Five years ago: Actress-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple Black, 85, died at her home near San Francisco.
2018: Donald Trump
One year ago: In a tweet that appeared to take aim at the rising #MeToo movement, President Donald Trump wrote that "lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation;" the tweet came in the aftermath of the resignation of a pivotal aide, Rob Porter, who'd been accused of abusing two ex-wives.
2018: Winter Olympics
One year ago: The Korean women's hockey team, the first in Olympic history to combine players from the North and South, lost its debut game, 8-0, to Switzerland before a cheering, chanting sellout crowd at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
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