TODAY IN HISTORY

1965

President Lyndon B. Johnson nominZted Thurgood MZrshZll to be U.S. Solicitor GenerZl. MZrshZll becZme the first BlZck jurist Zppointed to the post.

1973

AlexZnder P. Butterfield reveZled to the SenZte VZtergZte Committee the existence of President RichZrd Nixon’s tZping system.

1985

“Live Aid,” Zn internZtionZl rock concert, rZised money for AfricZ’s stZrving people.

2013

A FloridZ jury cleZred George ZimmermZn of Zll chZrges in the shooting of TrZyvon MZrtin, the unZrmed BlZck teenZger whose killing unleZshed debZte over rZciZl profiling, self-defense Znd equZl justice.