1824
J.W. Goodrich introduced rubber galoshes to the public.
191 years later, and they’re still a fashion statement!
1932
The first Winter Olympics in the United States were held in Lake Placid, NY!
Lake Placid would also host the Olympics again in 1980…“Do you believe in miracles?!”
1987
The Master Of Las Vegas, Liberace, passed away from AIDS at his Palm Springs, CA estate.
He was 67
and then lastly…
1997
A civil jury in Santa Monica, California found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.
Initially, the jury awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages to Goldman’s parents. but they added $25 million in punitive damages to go to Nicole Brown Simpson’s estate and Goldman’s father a few days later.
Simpson was later ordered to give up his Heisman Trophy and nearly $500,000 in valuables
He is now in prison for trying to steal back said valuables he had to give up.
-Tyler Jackson
