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 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 |
Delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention 
On May 14, 1787, delegates from each state begin to arrive in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention.  The last delegates arrived 10 days later, on May 24. Learn more about the Constitutional Convention.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
Federal government denied funding to segregated school districts
On May 13, 1966, the US federal government took its first action against violators of the desegregation guidelines of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by denying federal education funding for 12 segregated Southern school districts.  Learn more about school desegregation and equal educational opportunity from the national civil rights coalition Civilrights.org.
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Monday, May 12, 2008 |
Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed
On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court.  Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 |
Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas
On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. 
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 |
Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights
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Friday, May 09, 2008 |
House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon
On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal.  The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
Massachusetts became first state to set 10-hour workday for women
On May 8, 1874, Massachusetts became the first US state to mandate a ten-hour-a-day work limit for women.  Learn more about the Ten Hour Movement.
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