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January
12, 1910
A resolution is introduced into the U.S. Senate by several members
to reject the amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed by
Congress last July authorizing a Federal income tax. They will
lose, and the 16th Amendment will be ratified by the required
states on February 25, 1913.
May
21, 1948
A U.S. district court convicts two film writers of contempt
of Congress for refusing to tell the House un-American Activities
Committee whether they are Communists. They are fined $1,000
and sentenced to one year in jail.
May
20, 1903
Seven years ago, George W. Carmack and two Indian companions,
"Skookum" Jim and "Tagish" Charlie, hit the mother lode on Bonanaza
Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River. Their discovery launched
a stampede of thousands of gold seekers to the Yukon. Gold continues
to come out of the area in ever-increasing amounts. Ganks at
Dawson, the capital of the Yukon Territory, are buying more
than $1,250,000 in dust every two days.
May
20, 1944
A Salt Lake City court convicts four Utah men of polygamy. They
have from two to six wives each, and announce that they will
appeal their convictions to the U.S. Supreme Court.
May
9, 1903
A judge in Boston rules that a divorced woman cannot resume
the use of her maiden name if she has any children.
August
28, 1904
A Newport, Rhode Island court hands down the first sentence
in the United States for speeding in an automobile.
September
1, 1907
Realizing that there are just not enough hours in the day, New
York City throws open the doors to the country's first night
court sessions.
August
30, 1967
Thurgood Marshall is appointed to the United States Supreme
Court by a 69-11 vote in the Senate. Marshall, who will be the
first African-American justice, is presently Solicitor General,
and was previously chief legal counsel for the NAACP. Among
the cases he argued was Brown v. Board of Education, which set
a precedent for ending segregation in schools.
June
22, 1772
By an act of Parliament, slavery is abolished in England.
August
31, 1933
A New York grand jury requests that public floggings be reintroduced
as punishment, at least for the three hoodlums whose case they
are considering.
February
15, 1879
With legislation signed by President Hayes, women lawyers win
the right to argue cases The United States Supreme Court, though
they are still not allowed to vote!
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