Thursday, June 8, 2017

Day 159 - This day in legal and military history

June 8
 

WORLD Oceans Day
 

NATIONAL Best Friends Day
 

NATIONAL Name Your Poison Day
 

NATIONAL Jerky Day


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1861 Tennessee votes to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy
 

1953 The Supreme Court forbids segregated lunch counters in Washington DC
 

1982 President Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament

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