- 2005 – Duke Cunningham (R-Cal.) resigns from the US House of Representatives just after he pleads guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud, and tax evasion for underreporting his income in 2004. He received at least $2.4 million in bribes. He apologizes publicly for this and for lying about it previously. [On This Date]
- 2001 – Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.[NYT]
- 2000 – George W. Bush‘s lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bring ”legal finality” to the presidential election by ending any further ballot recounts; Al Gore‘s team countered that the nation’s highest court should not interfere in Florida’s recount dispute. [NYT]
- 1987 – Tawana Brawley, age 15, claimed she was raped by six white men, some of them police officers, in Wappingers Falls, New York. It was later proved that she faked her injuries to avoid being punished for breaking curfew by her parents. [Wiki]
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