This date in 1994 marks the anniversary of fugitive O. J. Simpson's interstate run from the police.
His audience was most of America, who followed Simpson and Al Cowlings on television as they made a low-speed chase down a Los Angeles freeway in Simpson’s white Ford Bronco. Police were after him for an investigation into the death of his wife, Nicole, and her boyfriend.
His attempted escape from the LAPD altered the way Americans viewed professional athletes, providing what could have been the final blow to the mythological sports hero America had cultivated for so many years.
