Lex Anteinternet: Bhutan

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Sunday, June 2, 2024

Sunday, June 2, 1974. The Forest Brothers.

By Ivo Kruusamägi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37550773

Kalev Gustav Arro, age 58, and one of the last Estonian Forest Brothers, was killed in a gun battle with Soviet authorities.

Jigme Singye Wangchuck was crowned King of Bhutan. He had been king since 1972, but the coronation took place on this day under the direction of the kingdom's royal astrologers.

Algeria ended its partial embargo on the expert of oil to the Netherlands, breaking with OPEC in order to do so.

The African National Congress rejected proposals agreed upon by Methodist Bishop Abel Muzorewa, and later to become the only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and Ian Smith, the only Prime Minister of Rhodesia, for a settlement in Rhodesia.

Bishop Muzorewa died in 2010 at age 84, Smith died in 2007 at age 88.

Last prior edition:

Friday, May 31, 1974. The Golan Heights.

Labels: 1970s, 1974, China, Colorado, Golan Heights, Israel, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, Syria, United Kingdom, Vietnam War, Yom Kippur War

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Another reason to admire Bhutan.

It has a Gross National Happiness Commission.

And that's not a joke. Its actual goal is to promote the happiness of the population, something that's written into the country's constitution.

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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