| Today in History |
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1971 ‐
US President Richard Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
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1964 ‐
US Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
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1952 ‐
Professor WF Libby says Stonehenge dates back to 1848 BC
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1942 ‐
NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
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1896 ‐
US Supreme court affirms legitimacy of racial separation (Plessy v Ferguson), a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal"
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1869 ‐
Robert Tanner Freeman is 1st African American to graduate from Harvard Dental School
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1852 ‐
Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school
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1804 ‐
Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate
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