James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested two months later and charged with the crime. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. After the murder of John F. Kennedy in 1963, King told his wife, "This is what is going to happen to me, also. I keep telling you, this is a sick society."
Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service delivered a surprise military strike against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Roughly 2,400 Americans were killed. Later that day, Japan announced a declaration of war on the United States.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that December 7, 1941, is "a date which will live in infamy." The attack occurred without a declaration of war or any formal warning, leading it to be judged as a war crime. Throughout World War II, Pearl Harbor was often used in American propaganda.
The Monica Lewinsky Affair (1998)
The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal that came to light in 1998 led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton that same year. Lewinsky had sexual encounters with Clinton from 1995 until 1997. While both Clinton and Lewinsky first denied the relationship, Clinton admitted to the grand jury that he had engaged in an "improper physical relationship" with the 22-year-old intern.
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