mar 6, 1951 - Rosenberg Trials
Description:
The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union).Added to timeline:
Date:
mar 6, 1951
Now
~ 75 years ago