1. 1984: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlains scoring record.
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On this day in 1984 the Los Angeles Lakers played the Utah Jazz in front of 18,000 cheering fans at the Thomas and Mack Center at the University of Nevada. The game had alot of hype going into it because the Lakers star center, 7 foot 2 inch tall Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was on the verge of breaking the all-time scoring record held by the mighty Wilt Chamberlain. Sure enough with less than nine minutes left in the game Magic Johnson passed the ball to Kareem as he went on to score his 22nd point of the game, and his 31,420th point of his career breaking the record the many thought would stand forever. After making the shot the crowd erupted and the entire Lakers bench cleared to run and congratulate their teammate on such significant achievement. The game had to stop while referees tried to regain control of the game. The Lakers went on to win the game 129-115.
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2. 1994: Kurt Cobain commits suicide
The original photo released of the death scene of Kurt Cobain.
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Today was the day that was determined by forensic analysis that Kurt Cobain shot and killed himself in his home outside Seattle Washington. He wasn’t found until three days later when an Home security system technician showed up at the house to install an alarm system. Cobain had struggled with many different vices but the most significant would be his love for heroin and his unbeatable depression. Just a month earlier in Italy Cobain went into a coma due to an abundance of champagne and the drug Rohypnol which is commonly referred to as a “Roofie” or “date rape drug”. Many fans believed that the coma was due to a heroin overdose but it was all just speculation. There was a conspiracy going around for a few years that Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love was responsible for having Kurt Killed but after multiple different investigations it was determined that Cobain’s Death was most definitely suicide.
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3. 1951: The Rosenbergs Trial ends with them being sentenced to death for Selling Atomic Secrets
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A story that would seem like it was a Hollywood movie came to critical stage on this day back in 1951 when the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death for selling secrets about the atomic bomb project to the Soviet Union. Judge Irving R. Kaufman was the judge presiding over the case and when he brought down the death sentence he added that the crimes commited were “worse than Muder” and continued with “By your betrayal you undoubtedly have altered the course of history to the disadvantage of our country”. There were a couple organiztions in the U.S. and around the workd that pleaded for leniancy in the Rosenberg situation due to the fact that they would be leaving behind two young children and the Defense Attoureys did claim that the Rosenbergs were innocent and were “victims of political hysteria” but all of which were ignored. They were put to death June 19, 1953.
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