On January 1, , following a New England Patriots touchdown against the Miami Dolphins, Doug Flutie enters the game for what initially appears to be a two-point conversion play. On January 1, , one of the largest and most significant trade pacts in world history comes into effect. In 45 B. Soon after becoming Roman dictator, Julius Caesar decided that the traditional Roman calendar was in dire need of reform. Introduced around the seventh century In , a revolt erupted on the French colony, and Toussaint Louverture, a formerly Attempting to stitch together a nation mired in a bloody civil war, Abraham Lincoln made a last-ditch, but carefully calculated, decision regarding the institution of slavery in America.
By the end of , This story of the Civil War and Reconstruction built on memories and narratives that glorified the Old South and promoted white sectional reconciliation. These narratives offered a reunion for the country based on the redemption of white Southern men, and the re-subjugation of former slaves. According to the film, the war resulted in a misguided promotion of blacks to levels of authority, and ensuing horrors for the white families of the South.
Redemption, however, was finally achieved, as Southern whites removed blacks from office and authority, and reclaimed their honor and land, and reuniting with northern whites, symbolized through the interfamilial romances of Phil and Margaret, and Ben and Elsie. In one scene early in the film, Phil Stoneman, visiting the Cameron family at their plantation, walks through the cotton fields with Margaret and Ben Cameron.
The cotton fields are beautiful, and Phil, Margaret, and Ben play and chatter happily. In the background, slaves work contentedly, with no harsh overseer or exhausted toiling child in sight. When Ben sees the image of Elsie, he immediately falls in love with her. The romantic imagery of the lush, happy plantation, where love blossoms, idealizes the slave system as benign. This scene, like the rest of the movie, places the story, emotions, and characters of the white Southern and Northern Americancenter stage, reconciling the black characters to the margins of the story.
As the three leave, the slaves look up to happily and childishly wave good-bye to their masters. The freed blacks, on the other hand, committed misdeeds throughout.
In a scene about Reconstruction, freed blacks lead as politicians in the South, with their shoes off on desks, drinking alcohol, and creating chaos. Even worse than their stupidity, black men, like the soldier Gus and politician Silas Lynch, threatened the white women of the South and North with their sexual appetites. The In one scene, Gus, a newly promoted black officer, chased white, innocent Flora, who chose death over submitting to him.
Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. On February 8, , Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, leaving the island in Allied possession after a prolonged campaign. The American victory paved the way for other Allied wins in the Solomon Islands. Guadalcanal is the largest of the Solomons, a group of islands and In a well-meaning but ultimately flawed attempt to assimilate Native Americans, President Grover Cleveland signs an act to end tribal control of reservations and divide their land into individual holdings.
Named for its chief author, Senator Henry Laurens Dawes from In a period when the American pop charts were dominated by cookie-cutter teen idols and novelty acts, he stood out as an all-too-rare example Years later, he would play a therapist counseling Adam Sandler in the black comedy Anger Management , but on February 8, , it was the Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson who let his anger get out of control.
In a criminal lawsuit filed against the actor, Robert Blank Over the previous 72 hours, some areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts had received as many as It was one of the first major Union victories of the Civil War and gave the Yankees control of the mouth of Albemarle Sound, allowing them to threaten the Rebel capital Live TV.
This Day In History. History Vault. Civil Rights Movement. The victors received a silver loving cup donated by sporting goods company Brunswick-Balke-Collender.
College football remained king, drawing crowds as big as ,, while NFL franchises came and went. Only after the signing of college phenom Red Grange in did pro football begin to increase in popularity. The whereabouts of the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Cup, only given out that one time, are unknown. The legacy of two APFA franchises continues on, however.
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