POLITICAL HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

(FOX NEWS) – Lawmakers have voted to oust Speaker Kevin
McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, the first time in the
history of the House of Representatives that the chamber voted
to boot a member from the top job.
 

Eight Republicans voted with every present Democrat to vacate
the speaker’s chair. The final vote was 216 to 210 in favor of
McCarthy’s ouster.

Gaetz surrounded by media

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the motion to vacate McCarthy.

Republican North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry
Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is the new temporary leader
of the House of Representatives.

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SIMPSON WAS ACQUITTED ON THIS DAY IN 1995

Today in photo history - 1995: O.J. Simpson acquitted of double murder

At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson
was acquitted of the brutal
1994 double murder of his estranged
wife,
Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson’s “dream team” of lawyers
employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors
that Simpson’s guilt had not been proved “beyond a reasonable
doubt,” thus surmounting what the prosecution called a
“mountain of evidence” implicating him as the murderer.

American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson: Where the Real-Life Players Are Now | E! News

‘Let 1994 go’: Simpson case’s racial symbolism now a relic | The Seattle Times

O.J. Obsessed | Envisioning The American Dream

Simpson Trial : Latest News, Breaking News Headlines | Scoopnest

AP Was There: Police question OJ Simpson in killings

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FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JISTICE

Thurgood Marshall Becomes The First Black Judge On The United States Supreme Court - African ...

On September 2, 1967, Chief Justice Earl Warren swore
in
Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court.

As chief counsel for the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (
NAACP) in the 1940s 
and ’50s, Marshall was the architect and executor of
legal strategy that ended the era of official racial
segregation 


                                        MR. HALL'S AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS: Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993)
                                         
Thurgood Marshall (1908 – 1993)       
      
                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                     


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SPORTS DRINK INVENTED ON THIS DAY

J. Robert Cade, the Inventor of Gatorade, Dies at 80 - The New York Times
Football player Chip Hinton (Left) trying J. Robert Cade’s invention in 1965.

On October 2, 1965, a team of scientists invented Gatorade,
sports drink to quench thirst, in a University of Florida lab.

The name "Gatorade" is derived from the nickname of the
university’s sports teams. Eventually, the drink becomes
a phenomenon and made its inventors wealthy.

Early in the summer of 1965, University of Florida assistant
football coach Dewayne Douglas met a group of scientists
on campus to determine why many of Florida’s players were
so negatively affected by heat. To replace bodily fluids lost
during physical exertion, Dr. James Robert Cade and his
team of researchers, doctors H. James Free, Dana Shires
and Alex de Quesada, created the now-ubiquitous sports
drink.


65 Days: Gatorade Fuels Gators During 1965 Season - Orange & Blue Victorious

Sporting Invention: Applying the IPOP Framework | Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and ...


BIRMINGHAM REWOUND remembers April 1969
1969

Florida Gators Football Wallpapers - Wallpaper Cave

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THERE’S NOTHING LIKE PARTY LOYALTY!

FILE - Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., attends a House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing, Monday, April 17, 2023, in New York.{ } (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz says he’ll pursue a motion
to vacate House Speaker McCarthy.

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