Miscegenation Outlawed
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Loving Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Aloha: Love PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Laikim: Love HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Love is like a chief; the best prize to hold fast to.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Love either finds equality, or makes it.” (John Dryden) WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — All World Clock WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — MSNBC - Meet the Press NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Podango’s Apple Phone Show GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — The Hunger Site
June 12th, 1967: LOVING DAY - Richard and Mildred Loving win their Supreme Court case supporting the legality of their interacial marriage. The court voted unanimously to overturn the conviction of the Lovings, a young interracial couple, for being married in the state of Virginia. This decision struck down the anti-miscegenation laws — written to prevent the mixing of the races — that were on the books until 1967 in more than a dozen states, including Virginia. Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama, born in 1961, is the product of an interracial marriage. Read NPR story …EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 12th
1665: English rename New Amsterdam to New York after the Dutch leave
1776: Virginia is the first state to adopt the Bill of Rights
1792: George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
1838: Iowa becomes a territory
1944: The first V-1 is fired at London in WWII
1965: The Beatles are awarded the MBE
1967: Israel wins the Six Day War
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts for a third time
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home
1997 Major league baseball began interleague play.
1776: Virginia is the first state to adopt the Bill of Rights
1792: George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver, BC
1838: Iowa becomes a territory
1944: The first V-1 is fired at London in WWII
1965: The Beatles are awarded the MBE
1967: Israel wins the Six Day War
1980: Mount St. Helens erupts for a third time
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are slashed to death outside her Los Angeles home
1997 Major league baseball began interleague play.
BORN ON THIS DAY - June 12th
1519: Cosmos de Medici, art patron
1915: David Rockefeller, banker
1929: Anne Frank, diarist/Nazi victim
1930: Barbara Harris, famous African
1932: Jim Nabors actor/singer
1932: Rona Jaffe, novelist
1941: Chick Corea, jazz musician
1953: Grace Jones,
1952: Junior Brown, country musician
1958: Meredith Brooks, singer
1959 John Linnell, rock musician (They Might Be Giants)
1967: Frances O’Connor, actress
1979: Robyn, singer
