The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution by proclamation of Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. The […]
In an event steeped in symbolism, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reviews the Cold War in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri—the site […]
Today in history,1886,Ohio passes a statute that makes seduction unlawful. Covering all men over the age of 18 who worked as teachers or instructors of […]
On this day in 2011, in a Kent, Washington, courtroom, Gary Leon Ridgway pleads guilty to the 1982 aggravated, first-degree murder of his 49th victim, […]
On this day in February 1990, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was released from prison after 27 years.He will later become the President of South Africa four […]
