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25Jul
2016

This Week in History – Apollo 11 Lunar Mission Concludes

After landing on the moon, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins began their journey home at 12:56 a.m. on July 22. Apollo 11  ended by safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 12:50 p.m. on July 24, ...

18Jul
2016

This week in History – John Scopes Convicted of Teaching Evolution

Teaching Darwinism would apparently cause hell in the high schools of America. John Scopes was charged with having violated a newly enacted law that criminalized the teaching of human evolution in the state’s public ...

11Jul
2016

This Week in History – “To Kill a Mockingbird” is Published

Harper Lee, pictured in 1961 in a courthouse in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala. (Source:Donald Uhrbrock/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of ...

05Jul
2016

This Week in History: Sandra Day O’Connor Nominated to Supreme Court

Sandra Day O’Connor: First women on the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. (Source: Time, Inc.) West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of ...