On this date in...

1992...A jury in New York finds Pan Am liable for damages resulting from the 1988 terrorist bombing of Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, en route to New York City, killing 270.

Today's New Yorker birthdays include boxing great Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta, born in 1921; former Mayor David Dinkins, born in 1927; and composer Jerry Herman, born in 1931.