1791 D.C. The Bill of Rights was ratified by the States. The process had begun two years earlier. It includes the right to bear arms in a well-ordered militia as a substitute for a standing army. Now that there is a standing army…..it would seem to follow that there is no need for this proviso.
1891 Springfield, Massachusetts, an illegal immigrant Canadian James Naismith devised the game of basketball, a sport that could be played indoors and was neither too tame nor too rough. He set the founding thirteen rules.
1893 NYC: Foreigner Anton Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E-minor, Opus 95, “From the New World,” was performed in New York City in an open rehearsal at Carnegie Hall. The world premier was the next day.
1905 St Petersburg, Russia, Pushkin House was established to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin, who is credited with creating Russian as literary language. We have been there.
1920 Geneva: Australia became a member of the League of Nations. Been to the League of Nations building in Geneva to read archives. Frank Morehouse’s superb novels featuring Edith followed.
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