Moussaoui Internet access order [US DC] News
Moussaoui Internet access order [US DC]

United States v. Moussaoui, United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia, January 24, 2003 [ordering that terrorist suspect Zacarias Moussaoui be given the necessary hardware and software to connect to the discovery information website developed for him by the Federal Public Defender's office]. Read the order here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Supreme Court said busing could be used to achieve racial integration

On April 20, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education that busing of school students could be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.

League of Nations dissolved

On April 20, 1946, the League of Nations was officially dissolved with the close of its final session. Thirty-four countries had attended the final meeting at which they elected to dismantle the organization and bequeath its assets to the United Nations.

Read a history of League of Nations from the UN.

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