1964The Wilderness Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson after eight years of work and over 60 drafts. The act created a legal definition of “wilderness” and protected 9.1 million acres of federal land.1931Albert Henry DeSalvo, who would one day become the “Boston Strangler,” was born. DeSalvo killed 13 women in the Boston area in the early 1960s. He was imprisoned for a series of rapes, but not for these murders. His murder confession has long been disputed and debate continues as …