Pierre Laval

Tarana Burke, a founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, and Actress Alyssa Milano (AP Photo-Carolyn Kaster)

Today in History: October 15

Today in History: October 15: In 2017, actress and activist Alyssa Milano sent a tweet that ignited the “Me Too” movement; In 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed for treason; In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena, where he remained in exile; In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself; In 1989, Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke the all-time NHL scoring record; In 1991 the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court; In 1997, British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green twice drove a jet-powered car in the Nevada desert faster than the speed of sound.

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