One of the biggest events of 1965 didn’t make the news, and, in fact, was kept completely secret for decades: possibly the worst nuclear weapon accident in American history. The December 5, 1965, Philippine sea A-4 incident deserves to be remembered.
The “Murder at the Regatta” was a story of jealousy, passion, and some say even madness that shocked and fascinated the nation, and changed the very nature of how murder was seen and prosecuted in the United States.