[1]Tomorrow:
June 21
1633: Galileo abjures, Galileo Galilei is forced by the Inquisition to
"abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views.
1684: Mass. revoked, King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony
charter.
1788: U.S. Constitution, oldest written Constitution goes into effect
as New Hampshire state is 9th to ratify. The American Constitution - a
result of mutiny - officially became effective. The Constitution works
so well - that many other democracies since have used it as a model
for their own. "One's mind, once streched by a new idea, never regains
its original dimensions." OW Holmes
1788: NH,
2000: Summer Solstice, The longest day of the year and the beginning
of summer.
References
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