65 years ago, on December 30 1959, USS George Washington, the world's first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, was commissioned. The term “Boomer,” a rather obvious reference, came into vogue as a nickname for those types of submarines shortly after.
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.