Guest guest Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 This Day in History Today in History - May 23rd, 2008 1960 - Israeli agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and spirited him back to Israel, where he was tried, convicted and hanged. 1995 - A man with an unloaded handgun climbed over a fence and ran toward the White House. He was tackled by one Secret Service agent and shot and wounded by a second. 2002 - Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee acknowledged paying $450,000 in church funds in response to a claim that he had sexually assaulted a graduate student, then 33. Weakland, 75, who retired after the 1998 settlement became known, denied any sexual misconduct. 1997 - Mohammed Khatami, a moderate who favored improved economic ties with the West, was elected president of Iran. 1900 - Sgt. H. Carney became the first black to win the Congressional Medal of Honor, for his efforts during the Battle of Fort Wagner, S.C., in June 1863. View This Day in History Daily on http://cybercrimeupdates.blogspot.com/ Aseem Kaistha It's your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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