Today in History: November 18, Robert Blake ordered to pay $30 million in wife’s slaying
In current times is Tuesday Nov the nd day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On Nov eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted of murdering his wife at a criminal trial a civil jury decided the actor was behind the killing and ordered him to pay million to Bonny Lee Bakley s children Also on this date In Steamboat Willie the first cartoon with synchronized sound as well as the first release of the character Mickey Mouse debuted on screen at the Colony Theater in New York Related Articles Future input centers are driving up forecasts for force demand States want proof they ll get built Nvidia bitcoin drag on domain Man charged with murder in shooting of Oakland football coach and Last Chance U star John Beam President Donald Trump unveils FIFA Pass to help World Cup travelers get their visas faster America will celebrate its th birthday next year There s a commemorative ornament for it In U S Rep Leo J Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide resulting in the deaths of more than cult members In an underground fire broke out in the King s Cross St Pancras subway station in London causing deaths In Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland the American dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut In people were killed and dozens injured when a bonfire under construction at Texas A M University collapsed The stack of thousands of logs more than feet tall gave way ahead of an annual bonfire tradition marking a Texas A M-Texas rivalry football event in College Station In more than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X two of his convicted killers were exonerated a New York judge dismissed the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam after prosecutors and the men s lawyers noted a renewed inspection had uncovered new evidence that undermined the situation against them Currently s Birthdays Author Margaret Atwood is Actor Linda Evans is Actor Delroy Lindo is Comedian Kevin Nealon is Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon is Actor Oscar Nunez is Actor Elizabeth Perkins is Rock musician Kirk Hammett Metallica is Author and lecturer Bren Brown is Actor Romany Malco is Actor Owen Wilson is Commentator Megan Kelly is Actor Chloe Sevigny SEH -ven-ee is Baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz is Rapper Fabolous is NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin is Actor-comedian Nasim Pedrad nah-SEEM peh-DRAHD is Actor Damon Wayans Jr is Olympic track and field gold medalist Allyson Felix is Fashion designer Christian Siriano is Actor Nathan Kress is NFL quarterback Caleb Williams is
