thepeoplehistory/october27th.html U.S. 1921 U.S.A. Metric System Thursday, Oct. 27th, 1921 : A senate committee is advising that the United States changes to the metric system of weights and measures as it is now used by 37 countries against the Imperial weights and measure system used in just 12 countries . Currently the only major international country to have not adopted the metric system is the United States who still use Gallons, pints, pounds, ounces, etc. U.S. 1960 U.S.A. Martin Luther King Jr Oct. 27th, 1960 : Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was released from the Georgia State Prison following a direct intervention from Robert F. Kennedy who had question his constitutional right to bail, while pending appeal of a traffic conviction.
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