Nelson Rockefeller, the 41st vice president of the United States and the only governor in New York’s history to be elected to four four-year terms, died on this date in 1979. Look back at the onetime leader of the liberal wing of the Republican Party with our obituary: http://nydn.us/2kptp65 | New York Daily News

Rockefeller Sworn In as VP - 1974 | Today In History | 19 Dec 17

Michael Rockefeller — son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller — disappeared off the coast of Netherlands New Guinea in 1961 during an expedition to collect tribal art. The official story claims he drowned while swimming for help after his boat capsized, but locals and researchers have long whispered a far more disturbing possibility: that he reached shore and was k!lled by Asmat tribespeople during a period of conflict and revenge killings. A sensational claim in 1979 alleged that his mother