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24Nov
2014

This Week in History: The “Hollywood 10” Blacklisted in 1947

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in past years. On November 24, 1947 the House of Representatives approved a contempt citation against the ...

19Nov
2014

This Day in History: November 19th

Today in 1863 , Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. The following excerpt from Judge Milton Hirsch’s Constitutional Calendar illustrates the unpredictable nature of politics, and how an unexpected turn of ...

17Nov
2014

This Week in History: JFK Assassinated in 1963

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week during past years.                 On November 19, 1863, Lincoln ...

10Nov
2014

This Week in History: 11/9/14

Photo: Joseph Ambrose, an 86-year-old World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War. ...

27Oct
2014

This Week In History: Prohibition Begins in 1919

West Palm Beach criminal lawyer Kelly V. Landers recalls events of historical significance that occurred during this week in past years.             On October 26, 1881, Wyatt Earp, his two ...

13Oct
2014

This Week in History: 10-12-2014

              West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in past years. On October 12, 2000 suicide bombers attack the US ...

06Oct
2014

This Week in History: 10-5-2014

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in past years. How many do you remember? On October 7, 2001 the United States began air strikes on Taliban and ...

29Sep
2014

This Week in History: 9-28-14

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that occurred this week in past years. On September 30, 1946, an international Military Tribunal sentenced 11 former Nazi leaders to death ...

22Sep
2014

This Week in History: 9-21-14

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls significant events that have occurred this week in past years. On September 22, 1862, US President Abraham Lincoln issued the first Emancipation Proclamation, ...

08Sep
2014

This Week in History: Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance

West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of historical significance that occurred this week in years past. On September 8, 1974, U.S. President Gerald Ford issued a blanket pardon to former ...