KSAT Kids: Today in History, Oct. 21
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 21, the 295th day of 2020. On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate in New York. In 1971, President Richard Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2001, Washington, D.C., postal worker Thomas L. Morris Jr. died of inhalation anthrax as officials began testing thousands of postal employees.
Trump's Columbus Day proclamation includes stark warnings
WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trumpโs proclamation Friday commemorating Columbus Day veered from a typical White House holiday announcement, with stark warnings of โradical activistsโ seeking to tarnish the explorerโs legacy. Native American advocates have pressed states for years to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day over concerns that Christopher Columbus helped launch centuries of genocide against indigenous populations in the Americas. โSadly, in recent years, radical activists have sought to undermine Christopher Columbusโs legacy,โ Trump said in his proclamation declaring Monday Columbus Day. Trump frequently cites the commission at his campaign rallies, and he did so again in his proclamation Friday. Trump has also ordered federal agencies to end diversity training programs.