Today, on Jan 14, 1639, three towns in the Colony of Connecticut - Windsor, Hartford (the current capital) & Wethersfield - adopted the...

Today, on Jan 11, 1759, America's first life insurance company was formed in Philadelphia. "The Corporation for Relief of Poor and...

Today, on Jan 6, 1964, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in New York Times v. Sullivan, a landmark free speech case. In law...

Today, on Dec 21, 1956, Montgomery, Alabama was forced to integrate its buses for all Americans, "colored" & white. Most people are...

*Today in Legal (and Life) History* Today, on December 18, 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, allowing the US...

Today, on Dec 10, 1869, Wyoming became the first jurisdiction in the world to recognize women's universal right to vote. Much of the...

Today, on Dec 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ended the ban on selling or importing alcohol, thus ending the...

Today, on Nov 30, 1804, US Senate began its first (and only) ever impeachment of a US Supreme Court Justice. Justice Samuel Chase was...

Today, on Nov 5, 1872, women's rights activist Susan B. Anthony voted in the U.S. Presidential Election, illegally - New York state laws...

Today, on October 30, 1974, 32-year-old Muhammad Ali regained his heavyweight world championship by defeating 25-year-old George Foreman...

Today, on October 28, 1919, the U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act, which effectively outlawed alcohol in the United States. An...

Today, on October 27, 1787, Alexander Hamilton published Federalist No. 1, the first of the Federalist Papers series. The series contains...

Today, October 2, 1967, civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court of the...

On September 24, 1789, U.S. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789 to establish a 3-tiered Federal judicial structure topped by a...

Today, June 23, 1894, Congress passed a bill that made Labor Day a national holiday in the U.S. (I tracked it down, see image.) The roots...

Today, August 17, in 1870, Esther Morris became the first woman magistrate in America when she was appointed Justice of the Peace for...

Today, August 4, in 1947, the Supreme Court of Japan was established. Like the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), the Supreme...

Today, July 27, in 1880, serial entrepreneur and prolific inventor Alexander Ashbourne received Patent No. 230,518 for a process for...

Today, December 15, 1791, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect. There is a common misconception around the First...