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Individual liberty anywhere is a threat to the Progressive-Collectivist Cause everywhere.
Two-thirds of likely voters say President Obama has kept his 2008 campaign promise to change America — but it’s changed for the worse, according to a sizable majority.(full story at thehill.com)A new poll for The Hill found 56 percent of likely voters believe Obama’s first term has transformed the nation in a negative way, compared to 35 percent who believe the country has changed for the better under his leadership.
The results signal broad voter unease with the direction the nation has taken under Obama’s leadership and present a major challenge for the incumbent Democrat as he seeks reelection this fall.
In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, is accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act (1925)
The diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established (1942)
Boris Yeltsin begins his 5-year term as the first elected President of Russia (1991)
President Barack Obama meets with South African president Jacob Zuma (2009)
b: Werner Best (1903), Wolfram Sievers (1905), Cindy Sheehan (1957); d: John D. Rockefeller III (1978)