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2005 Saddam Hussein's trial begins in Iraq
1998 Date for Paula Jones sex harassment trial vs. President Clinton 1998 Oprah Winfrey beats Texas cattlemen in beef trial 1997 Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris 1997 Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins 1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial 1997 Louise Woodward's trial begins in Massachusetts, Nanny murder trial 1997 Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death 1996 Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator, dies at 76 1995 O. J. Simpson trial sent to the jury 1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA 1994 1st phase of O. J. Simpson murder trial jury selection ends (304 chosen) 1994 Preliminary trial rules there is enough evidence to try O. J. Simpson 1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles California 1991 U.S. trial of Panamanian leader Noriega begins 1991 U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins 1990 Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial 1990 Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill 1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury 1988 North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1987 John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins 1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial 1982 Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. attempted assassin of Reagan, begins 1981 French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1979 Sid Vicious' trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen begins 1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany 1975 Jury can't decide on trial of Dave Forbes of Boston Bruins (1st athlete indicted for excessive violence during play) 1975 Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart 1974 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington D.C. 1973 Trial of Watergate burglars begins in Washington D.C. 1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar 1971 Beatles' "Helter Skelter" is played at Charles Manson trial 1970 Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins 1970 John T Scopes, U.S. teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial 1969 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins 1969 Erin Hartwell, Philadelphia, time trial cyclist, Olympic-bronze/silver-92, 96 1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1965 Jessica Steen, Toronto, actress, Earth II, Homefront, Trial and Error 1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany 1965 Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends 1965 Kinderstraf trial starts 1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins 1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1961 After a 4 year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge 1961 Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem 1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow 1959 Saul Levitt's "Andersonville Trial," premieres in New York City 1957 Trial begins in Budapest against participants october uprising 1952 Prague show trial against 14 communists (9 Jewish) begin 1950 Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague 1950 Lance Ito, judge, O. J. Simpson trial 1950 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial 1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins 1948 Trial of 11 U.S. Communist party members begins in New York City 1947 Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam 1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins 1946 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg 1946 Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentence to death by Nuremberg trial 1945 Trial against NSB-leader Mussert begins 1945 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany 1945 Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens trial of Neurenberg 1945 Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg 1945 Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial 1944 July 20th Plot trial under Roland Freis in Berlin begins 1944 Patrick Sercu, born in Belgium, 1K time trial 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Interallied war trial conference publishes St. James Declaration 1941 Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins 1941 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague 1938 Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80 1937 Don Galloway, born in Brooksville, Kentucky, actor, Arrest and Trial, Ironside 1937 Karl Radek and 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge 1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow 1935 Bruno Hauptmann trial begins for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh baby 1933 Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens 1932 Arthur L Liman, New York City, trial lawyer, Oliver North 1931 Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62 1929 Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st 1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37 1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 1925 Monkey Trial ends-John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism 1925 Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 1924 Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakian writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40 1924 Trial against Hitler in Munich begins 1921 Black Sox trial begins in Chicago 1920 Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator 1914 Elmer Rice' "On Trial," premieres in New York City 1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France 1883 Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika 1881 Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination 1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins 1875 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City 1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones 1871 Trial against Kiowa chief Satanta (White Bear) and Big Tree, begins 1868 Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on U.S. trial jury 1868 Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial 1857 Clarence Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial 1831 1st practical U.S. coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania 1804 Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins 1803 Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer, dies at 32 1803 1st impeachment trial of a federal judge, John Pickering, begins 1798 1st impeachment trial against a U.S. senator (Wm Blount, TN) begins 1792 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1771 Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38 1771 Armand-Emmanuel Trial, composer 1732 Jean-Claude Trial, composer 1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection and sentenced to flogging, branding and slavery 1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun 1619 Trial against Johan van Oldenbarnevelt begins in The Hague 1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno 1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth 1568 Conference of York begins: trial against Mary Stuart 1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason 1525 Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius ends in the Hague 1525 Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague 1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc |
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