OPEC oil embargo begins

OPEC oil embargo begins

October 17, 2009 04:00:00 am

On October 17, 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) launched an oil embargo against Western countries in an attempt to end support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

Read a personal account of the 1973 oil embargo by Saudi Arabia’s former oil minister.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Harlan Fiske Stone becomes first US Supreme Court nominee to testify before Senate committee

On January 28, 1925, US Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone became the first US Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours.

Warsaw Confederation signed

On January 28, 1573, the Warsaw Confederation was signed, opening religious freedom in Lithuania and Poland. The Confederation document statutized the Polish practice of tolerating different religions. Read the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation in the original Polish.