On This Day In History
- 1865 - Civil War Ends and the Black Hawk Indian War begins in Utah. It was the longest and most destructive conflict between pioneer immigrants and Native Americans in Utah History
- 1917 - Irene Morgan Kirkaldy is born. She defied a bus driver in 1944 who ordered her to give up her seat and move to the segregated back then kicked the sheriff when arrested. Her actions led to a SCOTUS decision that outlawed segregated seating on interstate bus lines. She was awarded the Freedom Medal by President Clinton who said she âtook the first step on a journey that would change America foreverâ
- 1945 - Anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is hanged at Flossenburg, only days before the American liberation of the POW camp.
- 1959 - NASA introduces Americaâs first astronauts.
- 1996 - The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission files a lawsuit on behalf of over 300 women who had been sexually harassed at the Mitsubishi Motors plant in Normal, Illinois.
- 2003 - Baghdad falls to US forces
- 2018 - Senator Tammy Duckworth becomes the first US Senator to give birth while in office.
Quote of the Day
âSilence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.
Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.â
â Dietrich Bonhoeffer
On the Punny Side
I was told I could look at the eclipse through a colander.
I tried it but it strained my eyes! ð
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