TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 1975

Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

ALSO ON THIS DATE A.D. 14

The Roman Senate officially confirmed Tiberius as the second emperor of the Roman Empire, succeeding the late Augustus.

1850

Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which created a force of federal commissioners charged with returning escaped slaves to their owners.

1851

The first edition of The New York Times was published.

1927

The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) made its on-air debut.

1947

The National Security Act, which created a National Military Establishment and the position of Secretary of Defense, went into effect.

1965

The situation comedies “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Get Smart” premiered on NBC.

1970

Rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27.

1990

The organized crime drama “GoodFellas,” directed by Martin Scorsese, had its U.S. premiere in New York.

2001

A week after the Sept. 11 attack, President George W. Bush said he hoped to “rally the world” in the battle against terrorism and predicted that all “people who love freedom” would join. Letters postmarked Trenton. N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax were sent to the New York Post and NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw.