Foley FBI investigation report [US DOJ] News
Foley FBI investigation report [US DOJ]

A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Initial Response to Representative Mark Foley's E-mails to a Former Page, US Department of Justice, January 22, 2006 [finding that the FBI failed to respond promptly to allegedly improper e-mail correspondences between former Rep. Mark Foley and a former congressional page from Louisiana in July 2006]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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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.