Christopher G. Anderson

New French anti-terror law to intensify e-surveillance, travel controls

September 25, 2005 04:10:00 pm

Acting in the aftermath of the London bombings , the French government has finalized a new draft anti-terror law that would bolster the countrys video, telephone and Internet surveillance as well as tighten travel controls...

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Russia ends serfdom with Emancipation Manifesto

On February 19, 1861, Tsar Alexander II promulgated the Emancipation Manifesto, which abolished serfdom in Russia after over two hundred years. Read the Emancipation Manifesto.

President Roosevelt authorized internment of Japanese Americans

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066, authorizing the wartime internment of Japanese Americans. Learn more about the internment of Japanese Americans from the National Archives.