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In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared May 1 to be Law Day in the United States. The first day of May has been celebrated since before that time in parts of the world as May Day or International Workers' Day: a day to remember the struggles of workers for better wages and working conditions, including the eight-hour workday movement.
During the Second Red Scare, it was recognized by the U.S. Congress on April 27, 1955, [7] and made an official reoccurring holiday on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529). [ 1 ] [ 8 ] President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1955, the first observance of Loyalty Day. [ 9 ]
In Parkinson's Law: The Pursuit of Progress, London: John Murray, 1958 a chapter is devoted to the basic question of what he called comitology: how committees, government cabinets, and other such bodies are created and eventually grow irrelevant (or are initially designed as such).
Cooper v. Aaron, 358 U.S. 1 (1958), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that denied the school board of Little Rock, Arkansas the right to delay racial desegregation for 30 months. [1]
The Kissing Case was the arrest, conviction and lengthy sentencing of two prepubescent African-American boys in 1958 in Monroe, North Carolina. A white girl kissed each of them on the cheek and later told her mother, who accused the boys of rape. The boys were then charged by authorities with molestation.
Elizabeth Peratrovich (née Elizabeth Jean Wanamaker; Tlingit: Ḵaax̲gal.aat [qʰaχ.ɡʌɬ.ʔatʰ]; [1] July 4, 1911 – December 1, 1958) [2] was an American civil rights activist, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, [3] and a Tlingit who worked for equality on behalf of Alaska Natives. [4]
Pages in category "1958 in law" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
July 3 – 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement signed in Washington, D.C. July 7 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law. July 9 – 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 M w strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami.