UN Oil-for-Food program report [IIC] News
UN Oil-for-Food program report [IIC]

Third Interim Report, Independent Inquiry Committee, August 8, 2005 [accusing former head of the UN Oil-for-Food Program Benon Sevan of taking almost $150,000 in bribes and urging UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to lift his UN-granted immunity for the "purposes of a criminal investigation"]. Read the full text of the report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Hitler and Nazis attempt failed coup in Beer Hall Putsch

Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party attempted an ill-faited coup in Munich, Germany on November 8, 1923. Instead of seizing power, the conspirators suffered 15 casualties and their leaders were arrested, including Hitler. The future dictator would spend a year in prison as a result, where he would write his infamous Mein Kampf. Learn more about the Beer Hall Putsch.

Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide

On November 8, 1994, Oregon passed the Death With Dignity Act by voter initiative, becoming the first US state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Read the Death With Dignity Act,

France government opens the Louvre as a public museum

On November 8, 1793, the revolutionary government in France opened the Louvre for the first time as a public museum. Learn more about the history of the Louvre.