CUBANS HOLD A.P. MAN; Kauffman and Wife Arrested -- Charges Not Disclosed
Date: 01 January 1961
Special to The New York Times
AP employe G Kauffman and wife held
John Allen Muhammad Birthday, Date of Birth
John Allen Muhammad (né Williams; December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was an American spree killer. He and his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo carried out a series of shootings in ten states from February through September 2002, killing seven people, before moving their crimes into the Washington metropolitan area where they carried out the D.C. sniper attacks, which killed a further ten people before their apprehension.
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Muhammad changed his surname after joining the Nation of Islam in 1987. At Muhammad's trial, the prosecution claimed that the attacks were part of a plot to kill his ex-wife and regain custody of his children, but the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support this argument.
Muhammad's trial for one of the murders (of Dean Harold Meyers in Prince William County, Virginia) began in October 2003, and ended with his conviction for capital murder. Four months later he was sentenced to death. While awaiting execution in Virginia, in August 2005, Muhammad was extradited to Maryland for trial, resulting in his conviction on six counts of first-degree murder in May 2006. Upon completion of the trial activity in Maryland, he was returned to Virginia pending an agreement with another state or the District of Columbia seeking to try him. He was not tried on additional charges in other Virginia jurisdictions and faced potential trials in three other states and the District of Columbia involving other murders and attempted murders. All appeals of his conviction for killing Meyers had been rejected. Appeals for Muhammad's other trials remained pending at the time of his execution.
Muhammad was executed by lethal injection on November 10, 2009, at 9:06 p.m. EST at the Greensville Correctional Center near Jarratt, Virginia, and was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m. EST. Muhammad declined to make a final statement.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Saturday, December 31, 1960
- Place of Birth
- Baton Rouge
- Age
- 64
- Star Sign
- ♑
The December 31, 1960 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 365 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If you were born on this day, you are 64 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 259 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 105 days. You have lived for 23,635 days, or about 567,248 hours, or about 34,034,936 minutes, or about 2,042,096,160 seconds.
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31st of December 1960 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 31, 1960
Polish Editor Resumes Post
Date: 01 January 1961
M F Rakowski resumes post as ed of party organ Polytika from which he was ousted in '60
MYRON CHAMBERS DIES; President of The Knoxvile News-Sentinel Was 71
Date: 01 January 1961
Chambers, Myron G
27 WILL ATTEND PRESS SEMINAR; Circulation Executives Will Meet at Columbia for a Two-Week Institute
Date: 01 January 1961
To attend Amer Press Inst seminar on newspaper circulation, Columbia U
BELGRADE DISPUTES CHARGE BY PEIPING
Date: 31 December 1960
Special to The New York Times
poor relations betweenPeiping and Belgrade seen illus by Peiping attacks on Yugoslavia after windshield of Communist Chinese newsman's car is cracked by unknown object
Censorship of Press Tightened In Many Countries During 1960; Trend Was Toward Subtle Methods -- Government Action at Source Was Most Used Form of Suppression
Date: 01 January 1961
AP survey finds censorship increased in many areas in '60; details, by regions
COLLEGIANS FOUND IGNORANT OF NEWS; Required Course Is Urged on Current Affairs in Report by Scientist
Date: 01 January 1961
By RUSSELL PORTER
Russell PORTER
Dr J E Garai, in s to AAAS urging colls to require courses in world affairs based on daily newspaper reading, cites study made at SI Community Coll in which students raised avg score in 4 NY Times current affairs tests from 18% to 80% after taking course requiring daily reading of Times
1960 IN CARTOONS -- COMMENTS ON THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN THE YEAR
Date: 01 January 1961
cartoons on top news of '60
NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; U.S. Issues to Overlap New Administration -- Canadian Plans
Date: 01 January 1961
By KENT B. STILES
special cancellation mark for Pres-elect Kennedy inauguration planned