"On Oct. 5, 1989, a jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, convicted evangelist Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers. Initially sentenced to 45 years in prison, Bakker was freed in December 1994 after serving 4 1/2 years. Also on this date: In 1892, the Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kansas."
"In 1947, President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis. In 1953, Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the United States, succeeding Fred M. Vinson. In 1958, racially desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing. In 1983, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa (lek vah-WEN'-sah) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."
October 5 features events in crime, politics, civil rights, and technology. In 1989, Jim Bakker was convicted of using his television show to defraud followers; initially sentenced to 45 years, he was freed in December 1994 after serving 4½ years. In 1892, the Dalton Gang was nearly wiped out while attempting to rob banks in Coffeyville, Kansas. In 1947, President Truman delivered the first televised White House address on the world food crisis. In 1958, Clinton High School was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing. In 1983, Lech Walesa received the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2001, Robert Stevens died from inhaled anthrax. In 2011, Steve Jobs died at 56.
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