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

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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 9/11 attacks.

On May 4, 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s first female prime minister.

On May 5, 1925, John Scopes, a high school science teacher, was arrested in Tennessee for teaching the theory of evolution. He was charged with having violated a newly enacted law that criminalized the teaching of human evolution in the state’s public schools.

On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard made the first American manned spaceflight.

On May 8, 1973, a 71-day standoff at Wounded Knee ended when Native Americans occupying the town surrendered.

On May 9, 1502 Christopher Columbus departed on his fourth and final voyage to the New World.

 

Quote:  How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone!

 

Have a great week!

Photos of the Week

Leadership West Palm Beach Class of 2015 – Community Culture Day

South Florida Science Museum

South Florida Science Museum and Aquarium

Palm Beach Zoo

Palm Beach Zoo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norton Museum of  Art

Norton Museum of Art

Featured photo, top: An Anti-Evolution League holds a book sale in Dayton, Tennessee (Source: U.S. Library of Congress).
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