October Anniversaries
Momentous or Merely Memorable
- By Alison McLean
- Smithsonian magazine, October 2009, Subscribe
80 Years Ago
What Goes Down...?
The 1920s investment boom goes bust when a record number of shares are traded on Wall Street in October 1929—16.4 million on the 29th alone—evaporating $30 billion from the stock market's value. As overleveraged investors crash, consumer spending declines and a tariff reduces foreign markets for U.S. goods. Unemployment rises and the country sinks into the Great Depression. By 1933, some 9,000 banks fail, taking uninsured depositors with them. Today the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, begun in 1933, insures deposits up to $250,000.
90 Years Ago
Black and Blue
Rumors of a fix fly when the favored Chicago White Sox lose the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, three games to five. An investigation in 1920 charges that members of the "Black Sox," as the Chicago team is known—for the color of its unwashed laundry or its players' souls—conspired with gamblers to throw games for cash. Pitcher Eddie Cicotte admits to taking $10,000 and tossing balls "a baby could have hit," but later recants and, with the seven other players tried, is acquitted. But all eight are banned from baseball for life.
120 Years Ago
Bottoms Up
The Moulin Rouge dance hall opens its doors in Paris on October 6, 1889, under the red windmill that gives it its name. It quickly attracts "smart people...penniless noblemen and wealthy villains," a reviewer notes, for a close-up view of the new and uninhibitedly decadent dance the cancan. One star kicker is La Goulue, whom a 27-year-old Toulouse-Lautrec depicts on the 1891 poster that makes his name as an avant-garde artist.
140 Years Ago
Civil But Disobedient
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is born in Porbandar, India, October 2, 1869. Educated in Britain in the law, he is dedicated to nonviolent protest of oppression of Indians, first in South Africa and then in India, where he leads the nationalist movement to end British dominion. He earns worldwide respect and the honorific ‘mahatma’ (great-souled). Gandhi is assassinated in 1948.
220 Years Ago
Unbalanced Ruling
New York statesman John Jay, a former president of the Continental Congress, is sworn in as the first chief justice of the United States, October 19, 1789. Jay and the Supreme Court's five other justices must "ride circuit"—travel to the lower district courts around the country—to hear cases. Their 1793 decision in Chisholm v. Georgia affirming federal judiciary authority over the states proves so unpopular, Congress enacts the 11th Amendment to overrule it.
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Comments (1)
Mamma Mia !!
At the time of the presentment of the Bill Of Rights there was twelve proposals .
Eleven was rejected because it was and still is in conflict with the U S C Art.3 Sec.2 of the seven articles of Confederation I did not need to go and research any further for Art . 12 .
Therefore at anytime that you except a proposal it becomes a contract so since we already had 7 articles of confederation that's one or the first part of the contract . (Right ?)
Now the WE THE PEOPLE were not happy and the 13 colony's came up with twelve proposals they excepted 10 and since that they are the people's Right's We now have a second contract witch are also called ARTICLE'S .Now all of you gentlemen out there compare the fourteenth Amendment with Article V of the bill of rights .So when you get pulled over remember there is no 4 or 5 Th amendment guaranteed if you voted you unknowingly waived them and anything you say in any court about amendment instead of Article its not withstanding ! Now the whole amending process is based on Chisholm Vs.Georgia and Marbury Vs. Madison it was an act of distraction , so that no one would research what the criminals in the Black robe had done to We The People .
Thank You Read the U S Constitution only , because We are the Fourth Branch of Government .(Grand Jury Folks )
the Am. are screwing us all !!!!! Joe L'Amarca
Posted by Joe L'Amarca on January 24,2012 | 03:20 AM