Today In History

In 1638: Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1765: Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. The Act was repealed the following year after widespread protests.

In 1820: U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C.

In 1972: Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification. It fell short of the two-thirds approval needed.