RGS History & Politics

#OTD in #History, 1954, #SCOTUS issued its unanimous ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, banning segregation in public schools. The landmark case overturned the prevailing doctrine of “Separate but Equal,” setting the stage for the emerging #CivilRights movement to follow.

#OTD in #History 1961, the Bay of Pigs invasion began. #JFK approved a plan for US-trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, incite insurrection & overthrow Castro. But the botched assault pushed Cuba into Soviet arms, soon bringing the threat of nuclear war within 90 miles of the US.

#OTD in #history, 1792, G. Washington issued the 1st Presidential veto. Granted to #POTUS by the #USConstitution as a check on #Congress, the veto—#Hamilton wrote—guards “the community against the effects of faction, precipitancy, or of any impulse unfriendly to the public good.”