New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Oct. 20, 1947
The House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence and infiltration in the U.S. motion picture industry.
ON THIS DATE 1803
The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
1967
A jury in Meridian, Miss., convicted seven men of violating the civil rights of slain civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner; the seven received prison terms ranging from 3 to 10 years.
1973
In the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre,” special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned.