Murder Worst cities for murder in the United States (1999)

have murder; the countries that do not have manslaughter charge with murder instead. In fact, the United States did not have manslaughter on the books...

entered the United States. In 1852, Massachusetts's state legislature voted to allow the death penalty only for first-degree murder. The next year, Wisconsin...

History of the United States is what happened in the past in the United States, a country in North America. Native Americans lived in the Americas for thousands...

separating people because of their races. In the United States, racial segregation has existed since before the United States was its own country. Slavery, racist...

Evans is murdered in Jackson, Mississippi by Byron De La Beckwith. 1964 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison. 1967 – The United States Supreme...

visit. By the 1960s, The New York Times said that 42nd Street in Times Square was "the 'worst' [block] in town", By 1984, 2,300 crimes happened in Times Square;...

proclaim the 2nd Republic. 1935 – In the Dust Bowl, the Black Sunday storm strikes parts of the Central United States. Worst affected is Oklahoma, where settlers...

(1981–1999), perpetrator, along with Dylan Klebold, of the Columbine High School massacre; Wichita Richard Hickock (1931–1965), murderer; Kansas City Alvin...

American politician and businessman. He was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He is the son of former U.S. President George H. W...

of the year. 69 - Roman Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian Stairs in Rome. 401 - Pope Innocent I is elected. 856 - An earthquake...

the world's stock markets, the worst day for financial markets since September 11, 2001. 2008 – Marie Smith Jones, the last-surviving speaker of the Eyak...

not given basic rights, like the right to vote. As a United States Supreme Court judge said in a case about segregation in schools: "separate facilities...

for life for attempted murder and extortion, in connection with the sabotage of German railway lines. February 6 – Tarja Halonen is elected the first female...

sign the Treaty of Pressburg. 1806 – Battle of Pultusk – indecisive battle between Napoleon and the Russians. 1811 - In Richmond, Virginia, the worst theatre...

– The United States Congress passes the Coinage Act which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States...

to the new capital city, Canberra. 1934 - In the United States, one of the worst Dust Bowl storms occurs, reaching Chicago on the same day and the East...

officers murder almost all residents of the Italian village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema, killing 560 people; 116 of them children. 1948 – The United States recognizes...

plant in Japan exposes 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history. 1999 – Infosys becomes the first...

In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history. 1854 – In...

forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. 1982 – Pope John Paul II visits Canterbury cathedral. 1985 – One of Europe's worst ever stadium...