Lex Anteinternet: November 1, 1968: Operation Rolling Thunder ceases, the death of a Greek democrat, the alphabet at the movies.

Thursday, November 1, 2018

November 1, 1968: Operation Rolling Thunder ceases, the death of a Greek democrat, the alphabet at the movies.

1. Aerial bombardment of North Vietnam by the United States was stopped at 21:00. Also ceased was naval and ground bombardment into North Vietnamese territory.

Naval air strike in North Vietnam. Note downed bridge.

2. The Motion Picture Association of America's moving rating system, which at that time provided letter ratings of G, M, R or X, went into effect.

3. Former Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou, recently arrested from house arrest which was imposed upon him following a 1967 military coup, died following surgery for a perforated ulcer. He had been Prime Minister of Greece three times, including during part of World War Two (in exile) and had been an important Greek political figure dating back to World War One, where he was in the pro Allied, anti Monarchy, camp.

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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