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Admits
1998
President Bill Clinton testifies before a grand jury investigating his conduct (first president to do so), and admits an 'inappropriate relationship' with Monica Lewinsky
1997
Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
1996
U.K. admits humans can catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
1995
Princess Di admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
1992
Tipper Gore (wife of future VP) admits to covering clock on her VCR with black tape so she wouldn't have to watch it blink
1991
U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia
1991
Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
1989
Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1989
To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court
1987
Gary Hart admits on "Nightline," to cheating on his wife
1987
Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
1983
U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1981
Billie Jean King admits to a lesbian affair with Marilyn Barnett
1981
Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
1981
Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax)
1980
Billy Carter admits to being paid by Libya
1979
U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1974
President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in
1967
Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
1963
Ringo admits he wrote a song "Don't Pass Me By"
1960
AL admits LA and Washington to the league
1952
University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student
1884
Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1874
Purdue University (Indiana) admits it's 1st student
1861
Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army
1852
Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
1633
Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
390
Roman emperor Theodosius admits debt on mass murder in Thessalonica
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