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1998 New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges
1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges 1998 First Lady Hilary Clinton blames charges that President Clinton had affairs part of a vast right-wing conspiracy 1998 President Clinton faces sexual harrament charges from Paula Jones 1997 New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault 1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop 1997 Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault 1994 Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges 1994 Darryl Strawberry indicted on tax evasion charges 1994 New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges 1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1994 Courtney Love cleared of drug charges 1993 Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges 1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert 1992 Noriega convicted on 8 of 10 drug and racketeering charges 1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges 1991 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky 1990 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida 1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve New York City assault charges 1988 Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos indicted on racketeering charges 1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl 1986 U.S.S.R. releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges 1986 U.S.S.R. charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying 1986 Shalamar's Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges 1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife 1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges 1984 Pitcher Denny McLain, indicted on various charges of racketeering 1982 Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty) 1981 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1980 John Lydon sentenced to 3 months on assault charges 1980 John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges U.S. ambassador/embassy espionage 1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl 1977 Washington jury convicts 12 Hanafi Moslems on hostage charges 1977 Russia charges Jewish rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason 1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing 1975 Linda McCartney drug charges in U.S. are dropped 1975 Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges 1972 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party 1971 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome 1971 Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1970 Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges 1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars 1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges 1960 Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US 1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1952 Jackie Robinson charges New York Yankees with racism 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists 1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges 1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II 1932 New York City Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges) 1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox 1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1920 A's Vice President Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier 1919 NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers 1894 French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1871 Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned 1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped 1868 U.S. Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire 1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining |
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