>>Today In History On this day: In 1879, F-W Woolworth opened Woolworths Great Five Cent Store in Pennsylvania. He would later become one of the richest men in the world. In 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane. In 1940, Richard M. Nixon married Thelma Catherine Pat Ryan. In 1954, NBC Radio presented the final broadcast of The Railroad Hour. In 1958, Bobby Darin recorded his hit song Splish, Splash. In 1964, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning threw the first perfect game in the National League in 84 years. He beat the New York Mets six-to-nothing. In 1964, three civil rights workers, Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney, disappeared in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Their bodies were found buried in a dam six weeks later. In 1972, Billy Preston received a gold record for his instrumental hit Outa-Space. In 1977, Elvis Presley made his final appearance on TV. He died less than two months later. In 1982, a Washington D.C. jury found John Hinckley Jr. innocent by reason of insanity in the assassination attempt on President Reagan and the shootings of three other men. In 1985, Ron Howard directed his first music video. The song Gravity was part of the soundtrack from Howards film Cocoon. In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled burning the American flag as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment. In 1997, the Pro Bowlers Tour ended its 36-year run on ABC. It moved to CBS. In 2000, in a White House ceremony, 22 Asian-American World War Two vets received the Medal Of Honor for their bravery during the war. In 2001, Hall Of Fame Blues performer John Lee Hooker died on this date at the age of 83. In 2005, on the 41st anniversary of the murders of three civil rights workers, a jury in Philadelphia, Mississippi found former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen guilty of three counts of manslaughter. The 80-year-old ordained Baptist minister was among an initial group of men tried for federal civil rights violations in 1967 in connection with the killings of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. In that trial, seven of Killens co-defendants were convicted, but his ended in a hung jury. A lone holdout on the jury said she could never convict a preacher. The case, which was the basis of the 1988 movie Mississippi Burning, was reopened in early 2005. In 2007, Bob Evans, the founder of the U.S. restaurant chain that bears his name, died at the age of 89. Evans incorporated his Bob Evans Farms company in 1953 and retired in 1986. At the time of his death, Evans Bob Evans Farms, Inc. owned and operated 579 full-service family restaurants in 18 states as well as 115 Mimis Cafe restaurants in 20 states. In 2012, the Miami Heat conquered the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-106 in Game Five of the NBA Finals to win the championship. Heat star LeBron James was named the Finals MVP.
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