Friday - September 24, 2004

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Quote Of The Day

“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t. ”
-- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)

622 AD - the prophet Muhammad completes his Hegira

On this day in 622, Muhammad-------ah, screw it, given the lunacy of Muslims in the world today, fuck the dumb shit.  I will not write about this moron’s adventures.  I have better things to do.  Like letting you know about our Supreme Court, below.

1789 - The First Supreme Court

The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement. That day, President Washington nominated John Jay to preside as chief justice, and John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison, and James Wilson to be associate justices. On September 26, all six appointments were confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Supreme Court was established by Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution granted the Supreme Court ultimate jurisdiction over all laws, especially those in which their constitutionality was at issue. The high court was also designated to oversee cases concerning treaties of the United States, foreign diplomats, admiralty practice, and maritime jurisdiction. On February 1, 1790, the first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held in New York City’s Royal Exchange Building. The U.S. Supreme Court grew into the most important judicial body in the world in terms of its central place in the American political order. According to the Constitution, the size of the court is set by Congress, and the number of justices varied during the 19th century before stabilizing in 1869 at nine. In times of constitutional crisis, the nation’s highest court has always played a definitive role in resolving, for better or worse, the great issues of the time.

1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.

1960 - The Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched.

1969 - The trial of the “Chicago Eight,” radical antiwar and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, began.

1991 - Children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, died at age 87.

Today’s Birthdays

John Marshall, (1755–1835), American jurist, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald), (1896–1940), American novelist and short-story writer
Jim Henson, (1936-1990), Puppeteer

_{Thanks to The Quotations Page - The History Channel - The Biography Channel.}

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