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A Louisiana jury found Jones guilty of aggravated rape based solely on the victim's testimony. The victim expressed some uncertainty about her identification of Jones in a lineup, e.g., "[the victim] described her attacker variously as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 5 five feet 9 inches tall, and 6 feet 3 inches tall.
Signing of Arizona statehood bill in 1912. Arizona's first Congressman was Carl Hayden (1877–1972). [47] He was the son of a Yankee merchant who had moved to Tempe because he needed dry heat for his bad lungs.
The Arizona Territory is admitted to the union of the United States, as the 48th U.S state. [1] George W. P. Hunt is elected the first governor of Arizona. [2] November 5 – 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona. [3]
Hinchcliffe Court opens near Tucson, the first auto court motel in Arizona. [116] 1912 February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States; Phoenix becomes the state capital. [108] U.S. President William Howard Taft issues Proclamation 1180: Admitting Arizona to the Union. [117] The Territory of Arizona becomes the State of Arizona.
101 California Street shooting: The perpetrator opened fire in an office building, killing eight people and wounding six others before committing suicide. February 14, 1993 The Bronx, New York: 6 0 6: An 18-year-old man killed six people during a drug-related shooting in a Bronx apartment. [47] January 25, 1993 Langley, Virginia: 2 3 5
Cochise County in southeastern Arizona was the scene of a number of violent conflicts in the 19th-century and early 20th-century American Old West, including between white settlers and Apache Indians, between opposing political and economic factions, and between outlaw gangs and local law enforcement.
PONTIAC, Mich. — The first parents to ever be charged, then convicted, in their child’s mass shooting at a U.S. school were both sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 15 years in prison after facing the ...
[33] [34] His two alleged kidnappers were arrested and, before trial, lynched by a mob. 25 April 1934 June Robles: Unknown Tucson, Arizona, US 6 Released Robles was abducted and held for ransom. After negotiations between her parents and her captors, she was found unharmed on a highway after nineteen days in captivity. [35]