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22Jun
2015

This Week in History: Iconic Color Film Kodachrome Discontinued

Featured Image, above: Over its 74-year production, Kodachrome was produced in formats to suit various still and motion picture cameras, including 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm for movies and 35mm, 120, 110, 126, 828, and ...

16Jun
2015

This Week in History: The Civil Rights Act of 1964

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On June 15, 1215, King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. On June 15, 1992, U.S.Vice ...

08Jun
2015

This Week in History: Miranda v. Arizona

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On June 8, 1917 Byron Raymond “Whizzer” White, the only NFL player to serve as a U.S. ...

27May
2015

This Week in History: D-Day

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On June 1, 1967, the Beatles released their landmark album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts ...

26May
2015

This Week in History: JFK’s Moon Shot Speech to Congress

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On May 25, 1961 U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced the goal to land a man on the moon by the ...

18May
2015

This Week in History: Brown v. Board of Education

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On May 17, 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court issued the unanimous ruling in the landmark school ...

11May
2015

This Week in History: Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa

West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in history. On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela is elected as South Africa’s first democratic and black president. ...

04May
2015

This Week in History: John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Theory of Evolution

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in history. On May 3, 2006, a federal jury sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison in connection with the ...

27Apr
2015

This Week in History: President Bush Declares the End of Major Combat in Iraq

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in history. On April 28, 1789, Fletcher Christian and the crew of the HMS Bounty mutiny, casting Captain William ...

20Apr
2015

This Week in History: Jerry Miller is 200th Exoneration

Featured photo, above: This week in 2007, Jerry Miller of Chicago became the 200th DNA exoneration. (Source: Associated Press) West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred ...