The Roman lawyer Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC.
Learn more about Cicero and read selections from his work On the Laws.
The Roman lawyer Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC.
Learn more about Cicero and read selections from his work On the Laws.
Alabama governor Wallace deployed National Guard to stop integration of Tuskegee High
On September 2, 1963, then-Alabama Governor George Wallace surrounded the Tuskegee High School with Alabama National Guard troops in an effort to prevent its integration pursuant to a federal court order in Lee vs. Macon County. In response, President John F. Kennedy federalized the Guard and sent it back to its barracks.
Former Rwanda politician convicted of genocide
On September 2, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted the former mayor of Taba, Jean-Paul Akayesu, on nine counts of crimes against humanity and genocide for his role in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. A month later, Akayesu was sentenced to life in prison for his crimes. Read ICTR documents from the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu.
