Pentagon Papers – Wikipedia
Also, today in 1971, the New York Times started publishing the Pentagon Papers.
Thurgood Marshall Biography
Today in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court . Expanding Civil Rights . Landmark Cases . Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | PBS
Today in 1966, Miranda versus Arizona was decided.
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Phil G McDonald Bridge – HighestBridges.com
The Phil G. McDonald Bridge in West Virginia is one of the most unusual big bridges for it's time period. It's 700 feet above the Glade Creek.
Built in 1987-88, it's the world's highest truss bridge, and America's largest fracture critical bridge, that should a single truss or gusset plate fail, the entire bridge could plunge the height of 70 stories into the ravine. The bridge is carefully inspected on a yearly basis to avoid failure. Generally, since 1970, new large truss bridges are not constructed, ever since the lessons learned from 1967 Silver Bridge Disaster.
Spotlight News – Planning Board and fire district disagree on sidewalk, color of proposed south station
Are they really that afraid of sidewalks? Most pedestrians are likely to move out of the way of a fire truck with sirens on. And if pedestrians are such a risk to fire departments, aren't allowing privately-owned cars on the roads -- which are a much bigger impediment to fire trucks -- a serious public hazard that should be banned?