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Friday, July 10, 2009
Scopes "Monkey Trial" began in Tennessee
On July 10, 1925, the Scopes "Monkey Trial" on the teaching of evolution began in Daton, Tennessee, pitting Clarence Darrow and John Scopes against William Jennings Bryant.
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