2016
This Week in History – Former Attorney General John Mitchell Sentenced to Prison
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /John Mitchell is sworn in as Attorney General of the United States, January 22, 1969. Chief Justice Earl Warren administers the oath while President Richard Nixon looks on. (Courtesy of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library ...
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This Week in History – Miranda v. Arizona
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Phoenix attorney John Flynn, left, confers with Ernesto Miranda. (Credit: Arizona Republic) West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On June ...
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This Week in History – Alice Ramsey Is First Woman to Drive Across U.S.
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /This week in 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey made history as the first woman to drive across the United States. The car itself was a dark-green, four-cylinder, 30-horsepower 1909 Maxwell DA, a touring car with two bench seats ...
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This Week in History – First Explorers Reach Mt. Everest Summit
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /On May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set foot atop Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. They were the first ever to reach its 29,029-foot peak, and met instant fame upon their return: ...
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This Week in History – Bonnie & Clyde Killed in Police Ambush
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Notorious bandits Bonnie Parker, left, and Clyde Barrow. Clyde Barrow had exploited the pre-FBI “state line” rule that prevented officers from one jurisdiction from pursuing a fugitive into another – but his ...
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This Week in History – Life Without Parole Ruled Unconstitutional
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Florida Solicitor General Scott Makar, who grew up in Holmes Beach, gives the state’s oral argument to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Graham v. Florida case, in which life without parole was ruled unconstitutional in ...
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This Week in History – Nelson Mandela Inaugurated
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Nelson Mandela inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president May 10th, 1994. Also in 1994, Mandela published his autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, much of which he had secretly written while in prison. West ...
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This Week in History – John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Evolution
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Photo: Evangelist T.T. Martin’s books against the theory of evolution were sold at an outdoor stand in Dayton, Tennessee, scene of the Scopes Monkey Trial (Source: Associated Press). West Palm Beach criminal defense ...
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This Week in History – Mutiny on the Bounty
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /In early April 1789, Captain Bligh of the British Royal Navy left Tahiti in the Pacific and sailed to England with his crew. However on April 28th, he woke on the HMS Bounty to face a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against ...
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This Week in History: The Bay of Pigs
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Photo: 29 December 1962, Miami, Florida. Address to the 2506 Cuban Invasion Brigade at the Orange Bowl Stadium. Mrs. Kennedy speaks informally with Brigade leaders Eneido Oliva, Jose Perez San Roman, Manuel Artime, former ...
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