13 June!

Today is Friday the 13th of June! But do not fear. Historically speaking, I myself usually have very good days on 13th Fridays, and today did not deviate from this tradition.

Also today, in History:

1525: Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in a huge break with the celibacy rules of the Roman Catholic church. 'Katie,' as ( Read more... )

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Important Dates in History: Bumper Edition!

Several important things have happened on this day in history, June 6.

In 1933 the first drive-in movie theatre in the world opened in Pennsauken, New Jersey!

In 1944 it was D-Day, Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious military operation in history (at ( Read more... )

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Important Dates In History: US Supreme Court Series

Interestingly enough, given yesterday's Important Date, today is the day the US Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Plessy v. Ferguson case back in 1896!

This ruling upheld the idea of "separate-but-equal" and was not so cool. It's definitely been considered one of the Court's ( Read more... )

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Important Dates In History: US Supreme Court Series

Today (17 May) in 1954, the US Supreme Court made their ruling in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case, overturning decades of legal precedent and ruling that the 'separate-but-equal' policy that had until then been followed by boards of education across the country was ( Read more... )

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