2012 Event Former Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. Presidency, John Edwards, is cleared on one count of corruption, with a mistrial declared on the other five counts 1990 Event Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) 1973 Event Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts 1931 Event Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury 1917 Event Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members 1863 Event Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves 1859 Event Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves
