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European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
On June 10, 2010, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the dissolution of a congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses by a Russian court violated Articles 9 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court found that in enacting the ban, the Russian government denied the congregation its rights to religious freedom, a right described by the court as "one of the foundations of
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1943 - US Supreme Court Victory - West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
In a 6-to-3 decision, the Court overruled its decision in Minersville School District v. Gobitis and held that compelling public schoolchildren to salute the flag was unconstitutional. The Court found that salutes of the type mandated by the West Virginia State Board of Education were forms of utterance and thus were a means of communicating ideas. "Compulsory unification of opinion," the Court he
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1918 - JF Rutherford and seven associates are sentenced to imprisonment
Federal Prison, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria shot
Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia. This caused countries allied with Austria-Hungary (the Triple Alliance) and countries allied with Serbia (the Triple Entente Powers) to declare war on each other,
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1879 - "Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence" was first published
Published by "Charles Taze Russell"
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