This day in history - Boston Globe

Today’s Birthdays: Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Cousy is 87. Actress Cynthia Harris is 81. Tennis Hall of Famer Rod Laver is 77. Jazz musician Jack DeJohnette is 73. Comedian-director David Steinberg is 73. Actor Sam Elliott is 71. Singer Barbara... Charles McCoy Jr. pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and 10 other charges in a series of Ohio highway shootings and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Author Judith Rossner, who wrote ‘‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar,’’ died in New York City at age 70. In 2010, Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, 86, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, was killed in a plane crash in the southwestern part of... Source: www.bostonglobe.com