New Study Reveals a Declining Trend in the Percentage of Uninsured Motorists MALVERN, Pa.âAcross the United States, the estimated percentage of uninsured motorists trended down in 2010, 2011 and 2012, according to new estimates from the Insurance Research Council (IRC). In 2003, a cyclical high of 14.9 percent of drivers were uninsured, while the IRCâs most recent findings show the ratio has fallen to 12.6 percent. In the new study Uninsured Motorists, 2014 Edition, the IRC estimates the percentage of uninsured drivers
Martin Luther King, Jr., original name Michael King, Jr., (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.âdied April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.
1968: Martin Luther King shot dead. Dr King was shot dead in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working conditions. He was shot in the neck as he stood on a hotel balcony and died in hospital soon afterwards.