White House aides subpoena compliance report [US House Judiciary Comm.] News
White House aides subpoena compliance report [US House Judiciary Comm.]

Report on the Refusal of Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten to Comply With Subpoenas By the House Judiciary Committee, July 24, 2007 [detailing a House investigation that, according to Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers, "has uncovered serious evidence of wrongdoing by the Department [of Justice] and White House staff" in connection with the US Attorney firings and the administration's handling of the ensuing investigation]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.