Todays Highlights in History 21st January 2015 1793 King Louis XVI was guillotined for treason. 1915 The first Kiwanis Club was founded in Detroit. 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in Moscow. 1950 Former State department official Alger Hiss found guilty of perjury. 1950 George Orwell died in London. 1954 USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine was launched. 1977 President Carter pardoned most Vietnam War draft evaders. 2003 The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Hispanics had surpassed Blacks as the largest minority group. 2010 In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that the government cannot restrict the spending of corporations for political campaigns, maintaining that its their First Amendment right to support candidates as they choose. This decision upsets two previous precedents on the free-speech rights of corporations.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:44:59 +0000
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