Bruno Hauptmann is convicted in the Lindbergh baby case, France tests a nuclear weapon, and the last "Peanuts" comic strip runs, all on this day.
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1944: TV host Jerry Springer, best known as host of the tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" since its debut in 1991, is born in the Highgate tube station in London, England, while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II. Springer is also a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, news anchor and musician.