Today In History

In 1933: Germany’s parliament building, the Reichstag, caught fire. Blaming the Communists, the Nazis used the fire as a pretext for suspending civil liberties.

In 1973: Members of the American Indian Movement occupied the hamlet of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of the 1890 massacre of Sioux men, women and children. (The occupation lasted until May.)

In 1982: Wayne B. Williams was found guilty of murdering two of the 28 young blacks whose bodies were found in the Atlanta area over a 22-month period.