July 19, 1989…A United Airlines DC-10 bound for Chicago crashed while attempting an emergency landing on the airport runway in Sioux City, Iowa. Of the 293 passengers and crew, 181 people survived. July 19, 1989…After finding more than $40,000 in cash and checks in his minimum security cell at the Stevenson Correctional Institute in South Carolina, prison authorities moved inmate James Brown to a medium security cell. "The Godfather of Soul" was serving a six-year sentence after several run-ins with the law, including illegal gun possession, resisting arrest, assault and leading the authorities on a number of car chases. In 1990, he was paroled after serving two years of his sentence.
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