Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday.
On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement that he would not run for re-election.
[Personal note: I remember this evening speech very well. I was a drafted GI in Uncle Sam's Army. I and a bunch of GI's in my unit were clustered around a small, black and white TV. The purpose of the speech was not announced in advance and we, like much of the country, were hoping for some word about a settlement, cease-fire or somehing along that line. Like many we were crushed that that it appeared no news end was in sight. I think many of us, were fed-up with Johnson and realized we had been conned by the Tonkin Gulf resolution and Johnson's "light at the endo fthe tunnel" other promises, into a war that made no sense and seemed to go on longer than anyone had anticipated]
1976
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator. (Quinlan remained comatose and died in 1985.)
1995
Singer Selena, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club.
1999
Four New York City police officers were charged with murder for killing Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, in a hail of bullets. (They were acquited in 2000.)
2005
Terri Schiavo died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
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