Marion S. Trikosko // Library of Congress 1948: Federal Water Pollution Control Act The passage of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) marks the first major law to address water pollution. Legislators had pushed more than 100 bills to address the issue of water pollution, but ma...
Ohio, a sleepy town of about 10,000 people. The Apollo astronaut and first man on the moon is still a hero in the town, where Armstrong learned to fly a ramshackle airplane when he was just 16 years old—the town is about an hour away from the Wright brothers' hometown of Dayton. A...
Wade while reaffirming that states are prohibited from banning most abortions. The opinion of the court, which ruled 5-4 on the case, also decided that states may regulate abortions to protect the health of the mother and the life of the fetus affirming laws passed by the State of ...