July 11, Seven men are arrested at a farmhouse in the Johannesburg suburb of Rivonia. The seven, who will be defendants charged with sabotage in the Rivonia trial, are incarcerated under a law allowing a day detention without charges.
August 3, Police arrest saboteur Bruno Mtolo, who will become the prosecution's star witness in the Rivonia trial. August 11, Two men the government hoped to charged with conspiracy and sabotage, Harold Wolpe and Arthur Goldreich, escape from a South African jail and within twelve days are out of the country. October 9, The Rivonia defendants appear at the Palace of Justice in Pretoria, as the trial opens. The defendants are charged with sabotage and conspiracy.
The defense asks for time to prepare its case. Justice de Wet grants a three-week adjournment. October 29, Justice de Wet grants a defense motion to quash the indictment. The defendants are re-arrested. December 3, The Rivonia defendants enter "not guilty" pleas to a redrawn indictment and prosecutor Percy Yuter presents the government's opening statement. December 10, The prosecution's star witness, Bruno Mtolo, takes the stand.
April 20, Nelson Mandela offers a statement from the dock "I am Prepared to Die" as the defense opens its case. May 20, Closing statements begin in the Rivonia trial. June 11, The verdict is announced in the Rivonia trial. Mandela and all defendants except one Rusty Bernstein are found guilty. July 12, The convicted defendants are sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice de Wet.
Testimony begins in the Emmett Till Murder trial. More than seventy reporters and photographers crowd the small courtroom for the opening of the trial. Mose Wright and Till's mother both testify for the prosecution. The state presents three surprise witnesses, all African-Americans, who testify they saw Milam and others around a barn, or heard whipping and hollering from inside the barn, on the morning of the day Till was believed murdered.
After the defense presents a series of character witnesses, closing arguments are presented in the Bryant-Milam trial. After about an hour of deliberating, the jury returns a "Not Guilty" verdict. Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly in northern cities, attend rallies protesting the verdict in the Till murder trial. In Mississippi, however, membership in segregation-supporting White Citizens' Councils skyrockets. A Leflore County grand jury refuses to indict Bryant and Milam on kidnapping charges, and the two are released from custody.
Look magazine published a story about the Till case which includes excerpts from an interview conducted by Bradford Huie of Bryant and Milam. The two men, now protected by the Double Jeopardy Clause, admit to killing Emmett Till and throwing his body in the Tallahatchie River. An unsuccessful attempt is made to assassinate Sheriff Strider, who has come to be viewed by many African-Americans as the biggest villain in the Till case.
John W. Milam dies of cancer at age Roy Bryant dies of cancer at age The Justice Department announces it is reopening the Till case to determine if anyone other than Bryant and Milam was involved and, if so, whether they should be prosecuted under federal law. Emmett Till's body is exhumed and autopsied. August, Bobby Seale is arrested in connection with Connecticut charges of murder. October 29 to November 3, Because of his courtroom outbursts, Bobby Seale is ordered bound and gagged.
November 5, The trial of Seale is severed from the trial of what now becomes the Chicago Seven. February 14, The case goes to the jury. February 18, The jury returns its verdict, finding five of the seven defendants guilty of violating the Anti-Riot Act of Froines and Weiner are acquitted. February 20, Judge Hoffman sentences the convicted defendants. He serves a sentence in a work-release program in April 12, Abbie Hoffman commits suicide at age November 28, Jerry Rubin dies after being hit by a car while jaywalking.
Rennie Davis, activist and personal growth lecturer, is also in town. August 27, David Dellinger, aged 83, is arrested while demonstrating at a nuclear reactor.
Chicago 8 Trial Homepage. Circa C. Paul, creator of the "Gentile branch" of Christianity which emphasized a transformative--rather than a historical--Jesus is arrested in Jerusalem after failing to reach a compromise with the "Jerusalem branch" of Jewish Christians, led by James, the brother of Jesus. The Jerusalem branch presented Jesus as a Jewish nationalist and martyr. Jesus' brother, James, is stoned to death.
Rome burns. Emperor Nero according to Roman historian Tacitus blames the Christians. Circa 66 C. Mark, probably writing in Rome, prepares his narrative of the life of Jesus. Rome captures and destroys Jerusalem marking the end of the four-year First Jewish War. The Temple in Jerusalem is leveled. The "Jerusalem branch" of Christianity is effectively crushed. Matthew and Luke, both writing in Greek, prepare their narratives of the life of Jesus.
Both draw heavily on Mark. Circa 90 C. Jewish historian Josephus writes about the life and death of Jesus. Date of earliest surviving New Testament writing, a fragment from John's account of Jesus' trial before Pilate John and
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