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Tag Archives: Alabama
March 21, 1925
On March 21, 1925, the state of Tennessee enacted the Butler Act. This law made it a crime for any teacher in any state-supported public school, including colleges and universities, to teach any theory that was in contradiction to the Bible’s account of man’s creation. This was not the first time, nor would it be … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, Bible, Butler Act, christians, evolution, Georgia, Sharia law, Tennessee
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February 8, 1960
On February 8, 1960, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-In-Council, whereby she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor and that her descendants would take the name “Mountbatten-Windsor”. When Jim Bob Wheeler of Scottsboro, Alabama heard about this he immediately issued his own Order-In-Council at the Scottsboro … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, Booger, British, Jim Bob, monarchy, Montbatten-Windsor, Queen Elizabeth II, United Kingdom, Windsor
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January 19, 1861
On January 19, 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. They said all the cool kids were doing it. They weren’t. It was the usually quartet of troublemakers South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama. You know, the ones that sit in the back of the classroom and refuse to do any homework and complain every time … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, Florida, Georgia, misbehaving, Mississippi, seceding, South Carolina
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December 31, 1841
On December 31, 1841, the State of Alabama enacted the first dental legislation in the United States. The law required a person to have eight or fewer teeth before they could marry their first cousin, fourteen or fewer to marry a second cousin, and no restrictions for the marriage to a third cousin or higher. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Baader-Meinhof phenomenom, dentistry, first cousins, laws, marriage, Oklahoma, second cousins, third cousins
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November 9, 2017
On November 9, 2017, Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls in a ‘Washington Post’ report when he was in his 30s. This is the same Roy Moore who tried to put a huge stone monument of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Alabama Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, good old boys, judges, Roy Moore, sex, Ten Commandments, women
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April 2, 2008
On April 2, 2008, President Bush backed Ukraine’s and Georgia’s bid to join NATO over the staunch opposition of Russia. Alabama Governor, Bob Riley, secretly sent President Bush a note that whined, “How the H E double hockey sticks is Georgia getting an invitation to NATO. If Georgia’s getting an invitation, then by damned, Alabama … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Alabama, Alabama being Alabama, Bob Riley, Dick Cheney, george w bush, Georgia, Presidents
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March 1, 1879
On March 1, 1879, the Library of Hawaii was founded and began providing books to the citizens of the islands. It was also on this date that the library at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (later to be renamed Alabama Polytechnic Institute and even much later to be renamed Auburn) burned to the … Continue reading
February 22, 1819
On February 22, 1819, Spain ceded Florida to the United States via the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. No money was exchanged but the western boundaries of the United States and the Spanish Territories in the Americas were negotiated. This treaty was considered an American diplomatic success at the time. In 2008, Georgia and Alabama had … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams-Onis Treaty, Alabama, Florida, Gainesville, Georgia, global warming, Jacksonville, jai alai, Spain, treaties, United States
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February 12, 1733
On February 12, 1733, James Oglethorpe and his colonists on his ship, the ‘Anne’ landed and settled near the present site of Savannah, Georgia, and started the British Colony of Georgia, which was named after the English King who gave Oglethorpe his charter, King George II. Mr. Oglethorpe founded the colony upon the promise of … Continue reading
February 7, 2013
On February 7, 2013, the state of Mississippi finally, officially certified the Thirteenth Amendment, only a short 18 years after it had formally ratified it, and became the last state in the United States to do so. When the government leaders of Mississippi were asked why they waited 148 years to officially certified the 13th … Continue reading