1917
Raymond Burr is born in New Westminster, British Columbia. He will star as Perry Mason in that still much-loved series from the late 1950s to early 1960s, then create another memorable character, Ironside. (He also has a memorable turn in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1952)).
1924
In an attempt to commit the perfect crime, University of Chicago honor students Nathan Leopold and Richard Lob kidnap and murder 14-year-old Bobbie Franks. Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film Rope is based on this case.
1958
Touch of Evil, a dark tale of a psychopathic cop in a dangerous Mexican border town, starring Orson Welles and Charlton Heston, opens.
1989
Miami Vice, the definitive 1980s cop TV series, ends its five-year run on NBC. The show makes a star of Don Johnson, revitalizes Miami tourist trade, and creates a fashion craze for pastel t-shirts worn with oversize Italian sports coats.
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