October 14th, 2008

Today in History

1999:
1999 - The South Carolina Supreme Court rules that the video poker machines in the state must be unplugged by June 30, 2000.

1969:
A race riot occurs in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1967:
Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.

1840:
Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.

1651:
Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding poor people from adopting excessive styles of dress.