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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana

  • 1987 Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail.
  • 1977 Movie "Star Wars" debuts.
  • 1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution.
  • 1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration.
  • 1898 The first diplomas awarded by the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine.
  • 1845 David Levy Yulee elected as Florida’s first member of the U.S. House of Representatives today. Yulee did not take the seat, but was elected to the U.S. Senate later that year, a position he did take.

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