On this day in 1791, the Bill of Rights, a series of 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect when Virginia ratified the document. Massachusetts lawmakers had refused to ratify the ...

The First Congress proposed a Bill of Rights as protection for those fearful of a strong national government. The Bill of Rights came into effect in December 1791, after ratification by three-fourths ...

December 15 is Bill of Rights Day in the United States, a commemoration of the ratification of the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution. These amendments provide the basis for the individual ...

Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the Attorney General of Tennessee. He resides in Holladay and Nashville. Editor's note: This is a ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1791, the Bill of Rights, comprising the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, took effect. In 1890, Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull was killed in ...

For more than two centuries, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has endured – as has the speculation about what led to his sudden death at age 35 on Dec. 5, 1791. Was the wunderkind composer ...

On Dec. 5, 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna. He was 35. In 1831 former President John Quincy Adams took a seat in the House. In 1901 Walt Disney was born in Chicago. In 1932 ...

On Dec. 5, 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna. He was 35. In 1792 George Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president. In 1831 former President ...