Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted of killing Laquan McDonald – Chicago Tribune

Today is Saturday, October 5th, the 279th day of 2024. There are 87 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On October 5, 2018, a Chicago jury convicted white police officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of Black teenager Laquan McDonald.

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke has been released from prison after serving a three-and-a-half year sentence for the murder of Laquan McDonald

Also on this date:

In 1892, the Dalton gang, notorious for their train robberies, was virtually wiped out when they attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman gave the first televised address from the White House, discussing 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, the desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing.

In 1983, Solidarity's founder, Lech Walesa (lek vah-WEN'-sah), was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1986, Nicaraguan Sandinista government soldiers shot down a cargo plane carrying weapons and ammunition for Contra rebels; The event uncovered a network of illegal arms transfers that led to the Iran-Contra scandal.

In 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 released in December 1994 after serving 4 1/2 years.

In 2001, tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens died of inhaled anthrax, the first in a series of anthrax cases in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Washington.

In 2011, Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and marketed ever-slimmer devices that transformed everyday technology, died at age 56 in Palo Alto, California.

In 2020, President Donald Trump returned to the White House in dramatic fashion after leaving the military hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19.

Today's birthdays: College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is 87. Rock musician Steve Miller is 81. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., is 81. Rock singer Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 77. Actress Karen Allen is 73. Singer-songwriter Bob Geldof is 73. Author and filmmaker Clive Barker is 72. Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson is 66. Architect and designer Maya Lin is 65. Golf Hall of Famer Laura Davies is 61. Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux is 59. Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy is 59. Actor Guy Pearce is 57. Actor Josie Bissett is 54. Actor Parminder Nagra is 49. Actress Kate Winslet is 49. Actor Jesse Eisenberg is 41. NFL tight- End Travis Kelce is 35. Actor Jacob Tremblay is 18.