Today in History: October 13, Hedge fund billionaire sentenced in insider-trading case
In the modern day is Monday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On Oct Raj Rajaratnam rahj rah-juh-RUHT -nuhm the hedge fund billionaire at the center of one of the biggest insider-trading cases in U S history was sentenced by a federal judge in New York to years behind bars He was issued early in Also on this date In the cornerstone of the executive mansion later known as the White House was laid by President George Washington during a ceremony in the District of Columbia Related Articles New Jersey declares urgency as nor easter approaches while Alaska flooding carries away homes Shooting at packed South Carolina bar kills and injures at least others From barks to words Researchers aim to translate dog sounds with AI True crime slaying of FBI agent set off manhunt for dapper sheik car thief In the present day in History October First woman lights Olympic flame In President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U S Supreme Court building in Washington In Italy declared war on Germany its one-time Axis partner In the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series defeating the New York Yankees in Battle - on a home run hit by Bill Mazeroski In a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying people crashed in the Andes In order to stay alive survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of a few of the dead people were rescued more than two months later In in Boulder Colorado the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn t enough evidence to charge anyone in the -year-old beauty queen s slaying In men were rescued from a collapsed Chilean mine after being lifted one by one in capsules days after they were trapped feet meters underground In Bob Dylan was named winner of the Nobel prize in literature In Hollywood s Captain Kirk -year-old William Shatner blasted into space aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos Blue Origin company the Star Trek actor and three fellow passengers reached an altitude of miles kilometers during a flight lasting just over minutes In current times s Birthdays Gospel singer Shirley Caesar is Singer-musician Paul Simon is Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is Singer-musician Sammy Hagar is Model Beverly Johnson is Sen Maria Cantwell D-Wash is Singer TV personality Marie Osmond is NBA coach Doc Rivers is Actor T Keyah Crystal Keymah tuh-KEE -ah KRYS -tal kee-MAH is Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is Comedian and actor Matt Walsh is Baseball Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman is Actor Kate Walsh is Actor Tisha Campbell is Olympic silver medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is Olympic gold medal swimmer and TV personality Summer Sanders is Football Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins is Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce is Singer Ashanti is Olympic gold medal swimmer Ian Thorpe is Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-N Y is First daughter Tiffany Trump is Actor Caleb McLaughlin is
