Friday, July 10, 2009

Roswell


On July 8, 1947 the Roswell Army Air Field issued a press release stating that they had recovered a “flying disk.” Hmm.

Scopes "Monkey Trial"


On today’s date in 1925, The Scopes “Monkey Trial” began in Dayton, Tennessee. The trial featured two brilliant American attorneys Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. The case decided whether evolution could be taught in classrooms. It remains one of America’s most famous cases.