Following ratification by the state of Virginia, the first 10
amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively
as the Bill of Rights, become the law of the land.

American statesman Patrick Henry (1736-1799) delivers his patriotic "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech before
the Virginia Assembly in 1775.

A photograph of the Bill of Rights, as it appeared after having been passed by the House of Representatives of the United States in 1789. The document can be seen in the Federal Archives Building in Washington, D.C.

SANDY KOZEL

After spending nine months on the run, former Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein is captured on December 13, 2003.

Saddam’s downfall began on March 20, 2003, when the United
States led an invasion force into Iraq to topple his government,
which had controlled the country for more than 20 years.

After standing trial, he was executed on December 30, 2006.
Despite a prolonged search, weapons of mass destruction 
were never found in Iraq.

                
ED DANAHUE    
 

              (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910)

On this day in 1899, George F. Grant, an African American
dentist from Boston, received US Patent number 638,920
for the world’s first golf tee.