[JURIST] Reuters is reporting that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has resigned.
[7:30 P.M.] AP has more on the resignation, with quotes from Ridge and additional speculation on likely successors to the Homeland Security post.
[JURIST] Reuters is reporting that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has resigned.
[7:30 P.M.] AP has more on the resignation, with quotes from Ridge and additional speculation on likely successors to the Homeland Security post.
Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity
Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.
Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom
On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.
Che Guevara executed
On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.
Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom
On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.
Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.