[Lael]

The judge who passed sentence, Irving Kaufman, told the Rosenbergs their actions had led to the Korean War and all its casualties, and added: ``Millions more of innocent people may pay the price of your treason.''

Does anyone know if the LIGHTS DIMMED in New York City when the Switch was Thrown???

Seriously, there were many who feared that an almost RINO Eisenhower would cave to the Commies, who at that time included significant Pluralities in Italy and France.

[nopardons]

No, the lights did NOT " dim " all over N.Y.C. when the switch was pulled.

[StopGlobalWhining]

Does anyone know if the LIGHTS DIMMED in New York City when the Switch was Thrown???

They didn't dim in Yankee Stadium that night. I was there. It was only after the game ended (10 or 11 innings if I remember correctly), as we were coming out of the stadium, that we saw the swarm of newspaper vendors yelling Extra-Extra with the news that the executions had taken place.