Star boxer Mike Tyson convicted of rape
March 26, 1992: An Indianapolis judge sentenced the former heavyweight world champion to six years in prison and four years of probation for raping a Miss Black America contestant. (Tyson ended up serving three years.)
In July 1991, Tyson met Desiree Washington at a rehearsal for the Miss Black America pageant in Indianapolis. Washington accompanied Tyson back to his hotel room, where, in the early hours of July 19, Tyson raped her.
Tyson claimed the sex was consensual. The world-famous fighter was indicted by a grand jury in September of that year and convicted in February 1992. In March, he began serving his term at the Indiana Youth Center near Plainfield, Indiana. He was released, after serving three years, in March 1995.
More than 80 people died from burn injuries as they were stealing petrol from a tanker lorry
On this day, 26th of March in 2007, more than 80 people were burnt to death in northern Nigeria when a tanker caught fire as they were scooping fuel from it.
According to police report, the accident happened in Kaduna state on Monday evening (local time).
"More than 70 people have been confirmed dead. There are some survivors but we don't know exactly how many," the spokesman said.
"The tanker turned over, the villagers came to scoop fuel and then the tanker caught fire", he explained.
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