TODAY IN HISTORY: The painful deal Olympian had to make to stay out of jail
Figure skater Tonya Harding pleaded guilty on March 16, 1994, over her involvement in an attack on archrival Nancy Kerrigan.
Harding admitted to conspiracy to hinder prosecution, after negotiating a plea bargain that would keep her out of prison.
But the plea bargain came with a painful punishment for Harding.
The Olympian was banned from competitive skating.
Two months earlier, Kerrigan was attacked after a practice session.
Iconic footage showed Kerrigan clutching her knee and screaming, 'Why, why?'
Kerrigan's knee was injured when a man struck her knee with a telescopic baton.
Kerrigan and Harding were both selected for the Winter Olympics.
Kerrigan won the silver medal at the Olympics in February that year.
Harding did not win a medal.
Ninety per cent of the German city of Wurzburg was destroyed in a 20-minute period on March 16, 1945.
Royal Air Force bombers targeted the city with incendiary bombs, creating a massive firestorm that consumed the city.
An estimated 5000 people were killed in the bombing.
Wurzburg would be painstakingly reconstructed by the citizens after the end of the war.
The city would surrender to the advancing Allied forces less than a month later.
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