Today in History

Most runs scored by any team in modern MLB history as the Texas Rangers thump the Baltimore Orioles 30-3.

Art heist: a version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended for refusing to comply with federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building’s lobby.

During 11-day siege at at Ruby Ridge, Id., FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi kills Vicki Weaver while shooting at another target.

First complete ring around Neptune discovered.

Keiko Kitagawa, Japanese model and actress (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift).

Benigno Aquino, the only real opposition on Ferdinand Marcos’ reign as president of the Philippines, is gunned down at Manila Airport.

US President Gerald Ford survives second assassination attempt in 17 days, this one by Sarah Jane Moore in San Francisco, Cal.

International Olympic Committee votes 36–31 with 3 abstentions to ban Rhodesia from the games because of the country’s racist policies.

FBI arrests members of The Camden 28, an anti-war group, as the group is raiding a draft office in Camden, NJ.

Giada De Laurentiis, chef and television host.

Hurricane Camille hits US Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.421 billion in damages.

Rich Lowry, editor of National Review.