0629 Today in History
June 29th, 1972 in Washington, the US Supreme Court effectively voids state death penalty laws with its decision in Furman versus Georgia. The court rules against how states are administering the death penalty at the time, calling their laws arbitrary and capricious. 35 states quickly passed reforms to their death penalty laws, which the court validates four years later. 1967 In the Mideast, Jerusalem is reunified after the Six Day War as Israel removes barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector. 1995 Atlantis, carrying a joint American and Russian crew, becomes the first space shuttle to dock in orbit with Russian space station Mirror, 2002. Singer Rosemary Clooney, who sits include Come On in My House and Mambo Italiano, dies in Beverly Hills, CA. She was 74. And 2003, she's 23 years old. And the way she is is just exactly the way we brought her up to be. Actress Katherine Hepburn, the silver screen icon who won a record for Oscars, dies in Old Saybrook, CT at age 96. Today in History, June 29th Camille Bohannon, The Associated Press.