The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a men’s
professional basketball major league from 1967 to 1976.
The ABA merged into the National Basketball Association
(NBA) in 1976, resulting in four ABA teams joining the NBA
and the introduction of the NBA 3-point shot in 1979.
Painting depicting the laying of the cornerstone by President George Washington.
The cornerstone was laid for a presidential residence in the
newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C. In 1800,
President John Adams became the first president to reside
in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the
“White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone
contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings.
The initial construction took place over a period of eight
years, at a reported cost of $232,371.83.
John Adams
(October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826)
The White House in 1800.
The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters, also known
as the Television Code, was a set of ethical standards adopted
by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) of the United
States for television programming from 1952 to 1983.
The code was created to self-regulate the industry in hopes of
avoiding a proposed government Advisory Board and satisfying
parental concerns over violence and other matters.
Prior to the Television Code, the 1935 NAB Code of Ethics for
radio was applied to television but fewer than half of television
stations subscribed to it; when the Television Code was first
issued, two-thirds of stations became subscribers.
Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from
President Harry S. Truman.
Private First Class Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, Virginia,
was presented the Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery
as a combat medic, the first conscientious objector in
American history to receive the nation’s highest military
award.
When called on by his country to fight in World War II, Doss,
a dedicated pacifist, registered as a conscientious objector.
Eventually sent to the Pacific theater of war as a medical
corpsman, Doss voluntarily put his life in the utmost peril
during the bloody Battle for Okinawa, saving dozens of lives
well beyond the call of duty.
Desmond Thomas Doss
(February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006)
The 2016 film directed by Mel Gibson focuses
on the combat experiences of Desmond Doss.
