Today in History

Source: The StateMon, 21 July 2008

On this date: 1831: Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians. 1861: The first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., resulting in a Confederate victory. 1925: The so-called “Monkey Trial” ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. (The conviction was later overturned on a technicality.) 1930: ...

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