Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is May 2. In the aftermath of the fiery end to the Branch Davidian standoff near Waco, Texas, authorities announced on this date in 1993 that the body of cult leader David Koresh had been identified among the 72 taken from the compound's charred rubble. Officials said Koresh had been shot in the head. He wasn't the only one -- forensic scientists said other cultists showed signs of having been shot or stabbed to death. Advertisement An era in crime fighting came to an end on this date in 1972. After nearly five decades as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover died, leaving the powerful government agency without the administrator who had been largely responsible for its existence and shape. It was on this date in 1863 that Confederate Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was mistakenly shot by his own soldiers. Oops! He died eight days later. A meeting between the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on this date in 1999 led to the release of three U.S. soldiers captured a month earlier by Serbian troops. The Americans had been nabbed near the Serbian-Macedonian border in the early days of NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia, which was meant to convince the Serbians to leave the ethnic Albanians in the province of Kosovo alone. Advertisement Paving the way for such TV classics as "I Love Lucy" and "M*A*S*H," the Federal Communications Commission on this date in 1941 approved the regular scheduling of commercial television broadcasts. It would be a number of years before TV caught on, but once the tidal wave was unleashed, there was no stopping it. We now return you to the present, already in progress.
