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Feb 6, 1998: Infamous School Teacher Goes Back to Prison

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A judge reinstates the suspended sentence of school teacher Mary Kay Letourneau and sends her back to prison for seven years after she is caught violating a no-contact order with her former student Vili Fualaau, when she is found in…

Jan 22, 1998: Ted Kaczynski Pleads Guilty to Bombings

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On this day in 1998, in a Sacramento, California, courtroom, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility for a 17-year campaign of package bombings attributed to the “Unabomber.” Born in 1942, Kaczynski attended…

Jan 5, 1998: Sonny Bono Killed in Skiing Accident

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In his characteristically blunt and self-deprecating manner, Sonny Bono transformed himself relatively late in his life, morphing from the shorter, homelier, masculine half of a 1960s husband-and-wife singing and acting sensation (alongside his glamorous third wife, Cher) into a respected…

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Dec 19, 1998: President Clinton Impeached

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history…