10 janv. 1966 - Home of civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is firebombed. Dahmer's family escapes but he dies the next day from severe burns. (White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard Samuel Bowers will be unsuccessfully tried for this murder on four occasions, and then convicted in 1998.)
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
10 janv. 1966
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 59 ans