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Henry Wade

Henry Wade, American soldier and lawyer (d. 2001)
Henry Menasco Wade (November 11, 1914 – March 1, 2001) was an American lawyer who served as district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1987. As such, he participated in two notable U.S. court cases of the 20th century - the prosecution of Jack Ruby for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, and the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion, Roe v. Wade. In addition, Wade was district attorney when Randall Dale Adams, the subject of the documentary film The Thin Blue Line, was convicted in the murder of Robert Wood, a Dallas police officer.

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  • 28Jun

    Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
  • 26Jul

    Bulgaria

    Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
  • 5Aug

    Traffic light

    In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • 15Aug

    Frank Lloyd Wright

    A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • 1Sep

    Petrograd

    St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.