On April 30 1992, chaos ruled in Los Angeles, California. The verdict had just been read in the case of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King and all were acquitted. Angry mobs looted and set fire to buildings. What other big events were making headlines on the same day as this significant event?

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“Advertisement: Brandywine Hundred (Pg. 36).” The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Motive Still Unknown In Woman's Murder.” The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), December 16, 1991. www.newspapers.com.

Bloom, Elizabeth. “Oltman, Girlfriend Plotted Murder, Jury Told.” The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

Brunswick, Mark. “Body Found, and a Mom's Plea Is Finally Believed.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), June 28, 1991. www.newspapers.com.

Davis, Amy. “Men Charged in Slaying of Sheffield Woman Plead Innocent.” The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), December 24, 1991. www.newspapers.com.

Denzel, Stephanie. “Keith Bullock.” National Registry of Exonerations. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3068#:~:text=On%20December%2028%2C%201990%2C%2029,her%20apartment%20in%20Hennepin%2C%20Minnesota.

“Exxon Exec May Have Been Kidnapped.” Longview Daily News (Longview, Washington), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

Grow, Doug. “Sure She Had Troubles--but Julie Also Had Triumphs.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

Heim, Kyle. “Victim's Neighbors Shocked by Sheffield Murder-For-Hire Case.” The Courier (Waterloo, Iowa), December 11, 1991. www.newspapers.com.

History.com Editors. “Los Angeles Riots.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, April 18, 2017. https://www.history.com/topics/1990s/the-los-angeles-riots.

Iowa Department of Corrections, May 11, 2022. https://doc.iowa.gov/.

Klobuchar, Jim. “Some Question How Double-Jeopardy Case Played Out.” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

“Marian J Atkinson (1922-1991) .” Find a Grave. Accessed August 16, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203760233/marian-j-atkinson.

PAUL ZOSS, Magistrate Judge. “Foell v. Mathes.” Legal research tools from Casetext, February 6, 2004. https://casetext.com/case/foell-v-mathes.

Pedota, Chris. “NJ Exxon Executive Sidney Reso Was Kidnapped in His Driveway in 1992.” NorthJersey.com, April 29, 2022. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/2022/04/28/exxon-sidney-reso-nj-kidnapping-arthur-seale-documentary/9556502002/.

Serrano, Richard A., and Tracy Wilkinson. “All 4 In King Beating Acquitted.” The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), April 30, 1992. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.