Today's highlights in history

[Robb]

Today in history, courtesy of the AP:

1787: Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black lawmaker sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives.

1913: Authorities in Florence, Italy, announced that the "Mona Lisa," stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris in 1911, had been recovered.

1963: Kenya gained its independence from Britain.

1975: Sara Jane Moore pleaded guilty to a charge of trying to kill President Ford in San Francisco the previous September.

1998: The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment, this one accusing President Clinton of abuse of power.

Aaaaand.... wait for it....

2000: A divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida's contested election, transforming George W. Bush into the president-elect.

:eyes:

[PunkinPi]

1. if only we had a time machine (for the last two)