JUNE 12
1935:Eighteen-year-old songstress Ella Fitzgerald, nicknamed the First Lady of Song, records her first tunes, "I'll Chase the Blues Away" and "Love and Kisses," with the Chick Webb band.
1987: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan stands before the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin and calls on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to make good on his overtures to liberalize Eastern Europe by removing the Berlin Wall. The wall will begin coming down on November 9, 1989, after dividing the city for 28 years.
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goodman, are murdered in Los Angeles. In a highly publicized criminal trial, Brown's ex-husband, former football star O.J. Simpson, will be acquitted of the killings. He will later be held liable in a civil action.
1987: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" President Ronald Reagan stands before the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin and calls on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to make good on his overtures to liberalize Eastern Europe by removing the Berlin Wall. The wall will begin coming down on November 9, 1989, after dividing the city for 28 years.
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goodman, are murdered in Los Angeles. In a highly publicized criminal trial, Brown's ex-husband, former football star O.J. Simpson, will be acquitted of the killings. He will later be held liable in a civil action.
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