Events in history
Racial issues
- Jan 10th 1967, Massachusetts Republican Edward W. Brooke, the first black elected to the U-S Senate by popular vote, took his seat. - NNode/Cih
- Feb 22nd 1865, Tennessee adopted a new constitution abolishing slavery. - Pluto/Cih
- May third, 1948, the US Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable. - Sun and NNode/Cih
- May 4th 1961, a group of "Freedom Riders" left Washington for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals. - Sun/Cih
- May 4th 1980, Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, died three days before his 88th birthday. Tito had kept Yugoslavia together, after his death, the country became divided due to racial violence. - Chiron/Cih
- May 4th 1988 A year-long amnesty program for illegal aliens in the United States who met certain conditions was coming to a close, with thousands of applicants lining up nationwide on the last day. - Jupiter/Cih
- May 5th 1988 The Most Reverend Eugene Antonio Marino became the nation's first black Roman Catholic archbishop during an installation Mass in the Atlanta Civic Center. - Jupiter/Cih
- July 2nd 1964, President Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress. - Jupiter/Rucha
- Mar 30 1870, the 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving black men the right to vote, was declared in effect. - Pluto/Rucha
- May 4th 1961, a group of "Freedom Riders" left Washington for New Orleans to challenge racial segregation in interstate buses and bus terminals. - Mercury/Rucha
- April 12th 1983, Chicagoans went to the polls to elect Harold Washington the city's first black mayor. - Chiron/Segin
- May 2nd 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the wake of South Africa's first democratic elections; President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged defeat. - SNode/Segin
- Mar 6th 1857, in its "Dred
Scott" decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave,
could not sue for his freedom in federal court. - Pluto/Caph - Mar 21st 1985, police in Langa,
South Africa, opened fire on blacks marching to mark the
25th anniversary of the Sharpeville shootings, killing at least 21 demonstrators. - Mars/Caph - May 1st 1978, Ernest Morial was inaugurated as the first black mayor of New Orleans. - Chiron/Caph
- April 12th 1983, Chicagoans went to the polls to elect Harold Washington the city's first black mayor. - Mars/Caph
- May 5th 1980, Marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, died three days before his 88th birthday. Tito had kept Yugoslavia together, after his death, the country became divided due to racial violence. - Mercury/Caph
Religion
- Jan 3rd 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. - NNode/Caph
- Marshall Herff Applewhite Cult Leader UFO enthusiast and guru, found dead with thirty-five of his flock (the group had died over three days, suffocation). An anonymous call informed the police at 1.24 PM PST, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego on 26 March 1997. - Mercury/Caph
- Feb 10th 1846, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the Mormons, began an exodus to the west from Illinois. - SNode/Cih
- Mar 2nd 1939, Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected Pope; he took the name Pius the Twelfth. - SNode/Achird
- Feb 11th 1858, a French girl, Bernadette Soubirous, claimed for the first time to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary near Lourdes. - Jupiter/Achird
- Feb 11th 1929, the Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City. - Jupiter/Caph
- Mar 30th 1988 An attorney for the Reverend Jimmy Swaggart said the televangelist would return to the pulpit, defying national Assemblies of God church officials who had suspended him for at least a year for "moral failure." - Jupiter/Caph
Royalty
- Storming of the Tuileries, Aug 10th 1792 - Saturn/Caph
- Jan 17th 1893, Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. - NNode/Caph
- April 11th 1689, William the Third and Mary the Second were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. - Uranus/Segin
- Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales. - Venus ruling Libra MC /Segin
- April 14th 1931, King Alfonso the
13th of Spain went into exile, and the Spanish Republic
was proclaimed. - Chiron/Rucha - April 5th 1614, American Indian princess Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. - Pluto/Achird
- April 23rd 1348, King Edward the Third of England established the Order of the Garter. - Uranus/Schedir
- Feb 24th 1981, Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain's Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. - Chiron/Cih
- Mar 19th 1976, Buckingham Palace
announced the separation of Princess Margaret and her
husband, the Earl of Snowdon, after 16 years of marriage. - SNode/Cih
Women
- Mar 22nd 1882, Congress outlawed polygamy. - Jupiter/Segin
- Tammy Faye Bakkker, Evangelist. - Saturn/Segin
- Feb 12th 1870, women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote. Pluto/Rucha
- Mar 24th 1976, the president of
Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed by her country's
military. - SNode/Cih - Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister, May 3 1979 - Chiron/Achird
Politic philosophy
- Feb 20th 1809, the Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state. - SNode/Schedir
- May 5th 1818, political philosopher Karl Marx was born in Prussia. - Moon/Cih
- April second, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy." - Jupiter/Achird
- Mar 4th 1917, Republican Jeannette
Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman
elected to the House of Representatives. - Jupiter/Caph
Fairs, expositions
- April 30th 1939, the New York World's Fair officially opened. - Uranus/Rucha
- May 6th 1889, the Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower. - Sun/Rucha
- American stock market crashed, Oct 23rd 1929 NNode and - Chiron/Cih
- May 1st 1893, the World's
Columbian Exposition was officially opened in Chicago by
President Cleveland. - Jupiter/Achird