On this day in...

On this day in...
1776 – American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1792 – French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody.
1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress.
1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found leading to the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.

Births
1959 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress
1960 – Kenny Perry, American golfer
1965 – John Starks, American basketball player
1968 – Michael Bivins, American singer (New Edition & Bell Biv DeVoe)

A big day for serial killers historically with the Manson family's second set of killings, Son of Sam's arrest and Adam Walsh's death. They actually confirmed earlier this year that Ottis Toole, the partner killer of Henry Lee Lucas, killed Walsh. There had been some speculation that Jeffrey Dahmer was responsible. Of course the Walsh killing eventually resulting in John Walsh starting America's Most Wanted which was a cultural staple when Bell Biv DeVoe rules the charts with Poison. What a terrible segway that was.