Louisiana school Bible distribution ruling [US DC] News
Louisiana school Bible distribution ruling [US DC]

John Roe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, April 22, 2008 [ruling that a school district must stop the distribution of Bibles in schools as it constitutes a religious activity without a secular purpose]. Read the full text of the order and reasons [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Eighteenth Amendment came into effect

On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution came into effect as scheduled one year after ratification, marking the beginning of Prohibition. Learn more about Temperance and Prohibition from Professor K. Austin Kerr of the Ohio State University Department of History.

English Parliament bans Roman Catholicism

On January 16, 1581, the English Parliament banned Roman Catholicism throughout the country during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. From that time on, Catholicism declined in England until the Catholic Emancipation of the late 18th century.

Read the history of the Roman Catholic Church in England.