Daily Archives: 10/28/2022
1919 – Prohibition

Prohibition began in the U.S. with the passage of the National Prohibition (Volstead) Act by Congress. Sales of drinks containing more than one half of one percent of alcohol became illegal. Called a “noble experiment” by Herbert Hoover, prohibition last nearly 14 years and became highly profitable for organized crime which manufactured and sold liquor in saloons called speakeasies
Congress passed the Volstead Act providing for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified nine months earlier. Known as the Prohibition Amendment, it prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States.
Source: history.com
1886 – Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor. The statue was a gift from the people of France commemorating the French-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War. Designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the entire structure stands 300 feet (92.9 meters) tall. The pedestal contains the words: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
on this day … 10/28
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1775 |
British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston » |
1992 |
Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35 » |
1864 |
Second Battle of Fair Oaks concludes » |
1962 |
The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end » |
1961 |
Chuck Berry goes on trial for the second time » |
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1999 |
Cyclone intensifies near India » |
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1886 |
Statue of Liberty dedicated » |
1919 |
Congress enforces prohibition » |
1905 |
George Bernard Shaw’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession is performed in New York » |
MUSIC |
1998 |
President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law » |
1965 |
Workers complete the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri » |
1886 |
Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty » |
1922 |
Princeton-Chicago football game is broadcast across the country » |
1962 |
Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba » |
1964 |
U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam. » |
1965 |
Viet Cong commandos raid U.S. airfields » |
1918 |
German sailors begin to mutiny » |
1940 |
Italy invades Greece » |
Separation of Church and State …
United States
Main article: Separation of church and state in the United States
John Locke, English political philosopher argued for individual conscience, free from state control
The concept of separating church and state is often credited to the writings of English John Locke.[1] philosopher According to his principle of the social contract, Locke argued that the government lacked authority in the realm of individual conscience, as this was something rational people could not cede to the government for it or others to control. For Locke, this created a natural right in the liberty of conscience, which he argued must therefore remain protected from any government authority. These views on religious tolerance and the importance of individual conscience, along with his social contract, became particularly influential in the American colonies and the drafting of the United States Constitution.[21]Thomas Jefferson stated: “Bacon, Locke and Newton..I consider them as the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception, and as having laid the foundation of those superstructures which have been raised in the physical and moral sciences”[22][23] Indeed such was Locke’s influence,
The concept was implicit in the flight of Roger Williams from religious oppression in Massachusetts to found what became Rhode Island on the principle of state neutrality in matters of faith.[24][25]
Reflecting a concept often credited in its original form to the English political philosopher John Locke,[1] the phrase separation of church and state is generally traced to the letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists, in which he referred to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as creating a “wall of separation” between church and state.[2]United States Supreme Court first in 1878, and then in a series of cases starting in 1947. This led to increased popular and political discussion of the concept. The phrase was quoted by the
The concept has since been adopted in a number of countries, to varying degrees depending on the applicable legal structures and prevalent views toward the proper role of religion in society. A similar principle of laïcité has been applied in France and Turkey, while some socially secularized countries such as Norway have maintained constitutional recognition of an official state religion. The concept parallels various other international social and political ideas, including secularism, disestablishment, religious liberty, and religious pluralism.
source: internet
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