On this day: May 9

1. 1979
   Victim John Harris · Ted Kaczynski

   Northwestern University graduate student; injured.

2. 1988
   Court / trial Franklin County Courthouse, Ozark · Ronald Gene Simmons

   Tried here on a change of venue for the Russellville shootings, Simmons was convicted on May 12, 1988, of the capital murders of Kathy Kendrick and Jim Chaffin and sentenced to death plus 147 years.