Albert B. Fall, former secretary of interior, is helped into his car as he leaves the District and Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 1929. Fall was found guilty of accepting a bribe of $100,000 from E.L. Doheny as part of the Teapot Dome Scandal. File Photo by Library of Congress/UPI
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In 1994, Susan Smith falsely reported her two young sons were missing after a carjacking. After several days of intense public and media scrutiny, the South Carolina woman admitted she drove her car with her children inside it into a lake, killing them. She was sentenced to life in prison for the murders.
An explosion rocks the USS St. Louis after she was hit by a Kamikaze pilot off the coast of Samar Island, Philippines, on October 25, 1944. File Photo by US Navy/UPI
In 2002, Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and seven others were killed in the crash of a small plane about 180 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
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In 2009, the World Health Organization reported a global death toll from the H1N1 virus, known as swine flu, at 5,700. About 440,000 people were confirmed as having the disease.
In 2010, more than 400 coastal residents in western Sumatra were killed and thousands left homeless by a tsunami triggered by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake. About 750 miles away in central Java, the Mount Merapi volcano began a series of three eruptions that left a reported death toll of more than 300 with about 6,000 homeless.
In 2022, Rishi Sunak officially became Britain’s prime minister, its third in three months. He was the first person of color to serve in the roll.
In 2023, House Republicans select Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana to become the next speaker of the House.
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