Today in History: October 5, Televangelist convicted of fraud
In the current era is Sunday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year Currently in history On Oct a jury in Charlotte North Carolina convicted evangelist Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers Initially sentenced to years in prison Bakker was freed in December after serving years Also on this date In the Dalton Gang notorious for its train robberies was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville Kansas Related Articles Judge blocks Trump from sending troops to Portland This day in History October American Taliban sentenced to years San Jose group s clients sue Trump administration over H- B visa fee described as extortion Paramount to buy the Free Press name Bari Weiss CBS News head Democrats could have more shutdown leverage than people realize In President Harry S Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food problem In Earl Warren was sworn in as the th chief justice of the United States succeeding Fred M Vinson In racially desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing In Solidarity founder Lech Walesa lek vah-WEN -sah was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Starting in Walesa spearheaded Poland s pro-democracy movement that nine years later led to the peaceful end of the country s communist rule In - he served as democratic Poland s first popularly elected president In Nicaraguan Sandinista executive soldiers shot down a cargo plane carrying weapons and ammunition bound for Contra rebels the event exposed a web of illegal arms shipments leading to the Iran-Contra Disgrace In tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax the first of a series of anthrax cases in Florida New York New Jersey and Washington In Steve Jobs the Apple founder and former chief executive who invented and master-marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday equipment died in Palo Alto California at age In a jury in Chicago convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the shooting of Black teenager Laquan McDonald In President Donald Trump made a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was being treated for COVID- Nowadays s Birthdays College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is Rock musician Steve Miller is Rock singer Brian Johnson AC DC is Actor Karen Allen is Singer-songwriter Bob Geldof is Astrophysicist-author Neil deGrasse Tyson is Architect-designer Maya Lin is Golf Hall of Famer Laura Davies is Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux is Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy is Actor Guy Pearce is Actor Josie Bissett is Actor Parminder Nagra pahr-MIHN -da NAH -grah is Actor Kate Winslet is Actor Jesse Eisenberg is NFL tight end Travis Kelce is Actor Jacob Tremblay is
