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June 11, 2007
Today in History: June 7th
The source for the following facts is: This Day in History: History.com
1893: Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience
In an event that would have dramatic repercussions for the people of India, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a young Indian lawyer working in South Africa, refuses to comply with racial segregation rules on a South African train and is forcibly ejected at Pietermaritzburg.Finish reading the article.
Read about Gandhi:
Title: Extraordinary minds : portraits of exceptional individuals and an examination of our extraordinariness / Howard Gardner.
Call Number: BF412 .G271997
Title: Gandhi and his critics / B.R. Nanda.
Call Number: DS481.G3 N33931985
Title: Gandhi, soldier of nonviolence : an introduction / Calvin Kytle.
Call Number: DS481.G3 K91982
1917: Battle of Messines Ridge
On June 7, 1917, the British 2nd Army, led by Herbert Plumer, scores a crushing victory over the Germans at Messines Ridge in northern France, marking the successful prelude to an Allied offensive designed to break the grinding stalemate on the Western Front in World War I.Finish reading the article.
1971: Vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment
The Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace. Cohen, who carried a jacket that read "F[***] the Draft" as he entered into a courtroom on April 26, 1968, had been charged with violating a California law that made it illegal to "use any vulgar, profane, or indecent language within the presence or hearing of women or children, in a loud and boisterous manner."Finish reading the article.
Posted by d-nadler at June 11, 2007 02:10 PM