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Defend America on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:02:40 PM
1861 - The Maryland House of Delegates voted against seceding from Union.
April 29,
1974
Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes
On
this day in 1974, President Richard Nixon announces to the public that
he will release transcripts of 46 taped White House conversations in
response to a Watergate trial subpoena issued in July 1973. The House
Judiciary committee accepted 1,200 pages of transcripts the next day,
but insisted that the tapes themselves be turned over as well.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=510
April 29,
1975
Operation Frequent Wind begins
Operation Frequent Wind, the largest helicopter evacuation on record, begins removing the last Americans from Saigon.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1814
April 29,
1992
Riots erupt in Los Angeles
In
Los Angeles, California, four Los Angeles police officers that had been
caught beating an unarmed African-American motorist in an amateur video
are acquitted of any wrongdoing in the arrest. Hours after the verdicts
were announced, outrage and protest turned to violence, as rioters in
south-central Los Angeles blocked freeway traffic and beat motorists,
wrecked and looted numerous downtown stores and buildings, and set more
than 100 fires.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=4960