Scandalous!
Subtitle: 50 shocking events you should know about (so you can impress your friends)
By: by Hallie Fryd
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780982732205
Subjects: Miscellanea; Scandals; Juvenile literature; History
Other titles: Fifty shocking events you should know about
Description: "Do you love a good scandal? This book includes 50 juicy pop culture, political, and entertainment-related scandals complete with photos, event synopses, and a look at why it went down in history and how it continues to influence us today. Other features include famous quotes and a section on where the players are now."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1906 : Famous architect Stanford White murdered by ex-lover's rich husband; title: 1906 : Writer Upton Sinclair exposes meat industry's nasty underbelly; title: 1913 : Native American decathlete Jim Thorpe stripped of Olympic medals; title: 1919 : Navy officers enact messy plan to bust gay officers; title: 1919 : Gamblers pay Chicago White Sox to throw World Series; title: 1920 : Charles Ponzi invents scheme that cons masses out of millions; title: 1921 : Silent film star "Fatty" Arbuckle accused of murder; title: 1924 : Wealthy Chicago teens Leopold and Loeb kill 14-year-old boy for thrills; title: 1925 : Tennessee puts science teacher Scopes on trial for teaching evolution; title: 1927 : Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti sentenced to death for political views; title: 1932 : World famous pilot Charles Lindbergh's baby is kidnapped and killed; title: 1934 : Little Gloria Vanderbilt gets caught in crazy custody battle; title: 1938 : Orson Welles' radio show convinced country that aliens were invading; title: 1943 : Hollywood star Charlie Chaplin accused of fathering stalker's baby; title: 1950 : Small-time communist couple, the Rosenbergs, put to death for espionage; title: 1956 : Rock singer Elvis' sexy hip-shaking on TV shocks the nation; title: 1957 : Celebrities defend reputations trashed by first gossip mag; title: 1958 : Bad boy rock star Jerry Lee Lewis marries his underage cousin; title: 1958 : Movie star Lana Turner's daughter murders her mom's boyfriend; title: 1959 : Rigged quiz show scandal stuns TV audiences; title: 1963 : Harvard professor Timothy Leary fired for his psychedelic drug experiments; title: 1968 : Black athletes stage controversial protest at Olympics; title: 1969 : Senator Kennedy involved in mysterious death of young woman; title: 1970 : National Guard shoots antiwar protestors at Kent State University; title: 1972 : Unethical syphilis experiments conducted on black men; title: 1974 : President Nixon forced to resign after being connected to crooked scandal; title: 1974 : Heiress Patty Hearst abducted and brainwashed by radical political group; title: 1977 : Director Roman Polanski gets convicted of rape and flees country; title: 1978 : People in extreme religious sect commit mass suicide in Jonestown Massacre; title: 1978 : Gay rights activist Harvey Milk assassinated by political rival; title: 1980 : Janet Cooke's Pulitzer prize-winning story declared fake; title: 1984 : Vanessa Williams steps down as Miss America; title: 1984 : Bernhard Goetz shoots unarmed black youth on NYC subway; title: 1987 : Televangelist Jim Bakker caught in sex and money scandal; title: 1989 : Baseball great Pete Rose banned from the game for gambling; title: 1989 : Robert Mapplethorpe's scandalous photos cause big stir; title: 1989 : Pop duo Milli Vanilli lip sync their way to a Grammy; title: 1990 : Madonna's racy Blond Ambition Tour protested by Catholic Church; title: 1991 : Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas charged with sexual harassment; title: 1991 : Police beating of Rodney King sparks LA race riots; title: 1993 : Pop star Michael Jackson accused of molesting 13-year-old boy; title: 1993 : FBI raid on religious sect in Waco, Texas, leaves 75 dead in fire; title: 1993 : Hollywood prostitution ring leader Heidi Fleiss gets busted; title: 1994 : Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan gets clubbed in the knee in foul play attack; title: 1994 : All-star football player OJ Simpson on trial for murdering ex-wife; title: 1996 : Rappers Biggie and Tupac murdered amid East-West coast rap rivalry; title: 1998 : President Bill Clinton caught in sex scandal with White House intern; title: 1998 : DNA tests spark controversy around Jefferson's second family with a slave; title: 2000 : Cuba and US in custody battle for five-year-old shipwreck survivor; title: 2000 : Tight Gore-Bush election results lead to bitter battle between parties.