TODAY IN HISTORY: Archive footage shows aftermath of explosion and fire at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which caused radioactive fallout to begin spewing into the atmosphere 36 years ago. The long-term death toll is believed to number in the thousands.
Today in HistoryToday’s Highlight in History:
In 1913, Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old worker at a Georgia pencil factory, was strangled; Leo Frank, the factory superintendent, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to death. In 1964, the African nations of Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form Tanzania. In 2000, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean signed the nation’s first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
Ten years ago: Former Liberian President Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international war crimes court as he was found guilty of arming Sierra Leone rebels in exchange for “blood diamonds” mined by slave laborers and smuggled across the border.
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