18 MAY

Posted on Friday 18 May 2007

1872: Bertrand Russell is born [idleness] [harm]

1896: In Plessy v Ferguson, the US Supreme Court rules in favour of racial segregation

1917: The US Congress passes the Selective Service Act, giving the president the power to draft soldiers

1926: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson is “kidnapped”

1955: Chow Yun-Fat is born


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