Today in History: December 4, ‘Pizzagate’ shooting
Currently is Thursday Dec the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On Dec a North Carolina man fired several shots from an assault rifle inside Comet Ping Pong a Washington D C pizzeria as he attempted to investigate an online conspiracy theory that prominent Democrats were harboring child sex slaves at the restaurant no one was hurt and the man surrendered Edgar Maddison Welch was later sentenced to four years in prison in police shot and killed him during a traffic stop in which officers mentioned he pulled out a handgun and pointed it at one of the officers Also on this date In Gen George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York Related Articles Ex-Missouri officer pleads guilty to searching women s phones for sexual photos during stops Ex-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually abusing children in Haiti Americans gave B on GivingTuesday as donations and volunteering gain big over last year New Hampshire welcomes manufacturer fleeing Massachusetts Predictable aftermath Newly circulated photos show disturbing look into Epstein Island In Elvis Presley Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet gathered for the first and only time for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis In police arrested specific students at the University of California Berkeley one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in to protest university restrictions on political activity on campus In the United States launched Gemini with Air Force Lt Col Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr James A Lovell aboard on a two-week mission While Gemini was in orbit its sister ship Gemini A was launched on Dec on a one-day mission the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other In Fred Hampton and Mark Clark of the Black Panther Party were shot and killed during a raid by Chicago police In after being abducted and held hostage for nearly seven years by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was freed from captivity In long lines of people wound through the Capitol Rotunda to view the casket of former President George H W Bush In United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk The accused shooter Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges In France s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together in a no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes forcing Prime Minister Michel Barnier to resign a first since President Emmanuel Macron insisted he would serve the rest of his term until In current times s Birthdays Actor-producer Max Baer Jr is Actor Gemma Jones is Actor Jeff Bridges is Actor Patricia Wettig is Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is Basketball Hall of Famer Bernard King is Baseball Hall of Famer Lee Smith is Olympic pole vault gold medalist Sergey Bubka is Actor Marisa Tomei is Actor-comedian Fred Armisen is Rapper Jay-Z is Actor Kevin Sussman is Actor-model Tyra Banks is Football Hall of Famer Joe Thomas is Musician Jelly Roll is Singer-songwriter Jin BTS is
