O.J. Simpson, Nazi Hunters Hunted, Paul Klebnikov

On this day: July 9

The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution (1932)

A car bomb destroys a Renault owned by famed "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld at their home in France; a note purportedly from ODESSA claims responsibility (1979)

President B. Hussein Obama meets with the Trotskyite President of Brazil, Lula da Silva (2009)

b: O. J. Simpson (1947); d: Eugen Fischer (1967), Jackie Presser (1988), Eric Sevareid (1992) Melvin Belli (1996), Paul Klebnikov (2004)

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