Today in History 06/20/17

Lizzie Borden, circa 1892 (© Rex Features)(1893) Jury concludes Lizzie Borden did not take an ax to family
Following a sensational Massachusetts murder trial, Lizzie Borden, 32, is cleared of charges that she killed her father and stepmother with multiple blows from a hatchet. Borden will never shake off the notoriety, however, inspiring a gruesome folk rhyme still sung today.
Lizzie Andrew Borden was an American woman who gained infamy after being tried and acquitted for the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Born: Jul 19, 1860 · Fall River, MA
Died: Jun 01, 1927 · Fall River, MA
Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery
Parents: Sarah Anthony Borden (Mother) · Andrew Jackson Borden (Father)
Siblings: Emma Borden (Sister)
Highlights
  • 1893: The inquest testimony, the basis for the modern debate regarding her guilt or innocence, was later ruled inadmissible at her trial in June 1893.

  • 1893: Lizzie’s trial took place in New Bedford starting on June 5, 1893.

  • 1927: Lizzie Borden died on June 01, 1927 in Fall River, United States.

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Group of armed Boxers in Peking, China, 1900 (© Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)(1900) Anti-foreigner rebellion traps thousands in Peking siege
A long-brewing battle between Chinese nationalists and foreign powers looking to control China’s economy and change its religious landscape erupts into a violent siege when forces of the Boxer Rebellion surround the Legation Quarter of Peking for what will be 55 days of intense battle.
The Siege of the International Legations occurred in the summer of 1900 in Peking, the capital of the Qing Empire, during the Boxer Rebellion. Menaced by the Boxers, an anti-Christian, anti-foreign peasant movement, 900 soldiers, marines, and civilians, largely from Europe, Japan, and the United States, and about 2,800 Chinese Christians took refuge in the Peking Legation Quarter. The Qing government took the side of the Boxers. The foreigners and Chinese Christians in the Legation Quarter survived a 55-day siege by the Qing Army and Boxers. The siege was broken by an international military force which marched from the coast of China, defeated the Qing army, and occupied Beijing. The siege was called by the New York Sun “the most exciting episode ever known to civilization.”
Start date: Jun 20, 1900
End date: Aug 14, 1900
Legion Quarter Defenses

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Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel poses after his arrest in Los Angeles on April 17, 1941 (© AP)(1947) Glamour-loving gangster shot down in Beverly Hills
A drive-by shooter unloads nine rounds through the front window of a Beverly Hills home, instantly killing notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel. A founder of the small but promising Las Vegas casino scene, the pal of movie stars and moguls, and head of the Mafia’s west coast syndicate, is dead at 41.
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was a Jewish American mobster. Siegel was known as one of the most “infamous and feared gangsters of his day”. Described as handsome and charismatic, he became one of the first front-page celebrity gangsters. He was also a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Siegel was not only influential within the Jewish mob but, like his friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky, he also held significant influence within the Italian-American Mafia and the largely Italian-Jewish National Crime Syndicate.
Lived: Feb 28, 1906 – Jun 20, 1947 (age 41)
Height: 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Spouse: Esta Krakower (m. 1929 – 1946)
Children: Millicent Siegel (Daughter) · Barbara Siegel (Daughter)
Related movies: Bugsy
Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Highlights
  • 1929: On January 28, 1929, Siegel married Esta Krakower, his childhood sweetheart.

  • 1935: In 1935, Siegel assisted in Luciano’s alliance with Dutch Schultz and killed rival loan sharks Louis “Pretty” Amberg and Joseph Amberg.

  • 1939: On November 22, 1939, Siegel, Whitey Krakower, Frankie Carbo and Albert Tannenbaum killed Harry “Big Greenie” Greenberg outside his apartment.

  • 1945: Siegel wanted to be a legitimate businessman, and in 1945, he saw an opportunity with William R. Wilkerson’s Flamingo Hotel.

  • 1946: In May 1946, Siegel decided the agreement with Wilkerson had to be altered to give him control of the Flamingo.

  • 1947: Three months later, on June 20, 1947, Siegel was shot dead at the Beverly Hills home of his girlfriend, Virginia Hill.

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Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Roy Scheider in the movie 'Jaws' in 1975 (© Rex Features)(1975) Spielberg’s new film takes a big bite out of the box office
Twenty-nine-year-old Steven Spielberg’s second movie faced myriad production problems, including budget overruns and mechanical snafus in the title character, but ‘Jaws’ makes waves at ticket counters, chewing up previous box office records, and launching the summer blockbuster era.
A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with a marine biologist and an old seafarer to hunt the monster down.
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195
Release date: Jun 20, 1975 (United States)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Gross revenue: $470.70 million USD
Screenwriters: Peter Benchley · Carl Gottlieb
Sequel: Jaws 2
Music by: John Williams
Trailer:

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