On this day in history, June 4, 1919, Congress passes 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote
Congress passed the 19th Amendment, granting the right to vote to women, on this day in history, June 4, 1919 — sending the text of the amendment to the states for ratification.
The amendment read, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”
The Senate voted 56-25 in favor of the amendment, said the U.S. Senate’s webpage for the centennial of women’s suffrage.
Two weeks earlier, on May 21, the House of Representatives had voted 304-89 to approve the text of the amendment, notes the Library of Congress website.
The amendment was then signed by Thomas Marshall, President Woodrow Wilson‘s vice president.
Many were opposed to women having the right to vote.
“Artists created political cartoons that mocked suffragists. Religious leaders spoke out against women’s political activism from the pulpit. Articles attacked women who took part in public life,” says website Crusadeforthevote.org.
In the 1860s, opponents of woman suffrage began to organize locally.
“Massachusetts was home to leading suffrage advocates, and it was also one of the first states with an organized anti-suffrage group,” that site also says.
Following congressional approval of women’s right to vote, the amendment had to be ratified by 36 states before it could be added to the Constitution.
At the time, there were only 48 states in the United States.
The first three states to ratify the 19th Amendment moved quickly.
On June 10, less than a week after the 19th Amendment was passed by Congress, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin had all ratified it, said the National Parks Service website.
Technically, Illinois was the first state to vote for ratification, with Wisconsin second, says the National Parks Service, but the vote in Illinois had to be redone the following week after an administrative error was discovered.
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Later on June 10th, Michigan’s state legislature voted unanimously to ratify the 19th Amendment, bringing the total to three states.
Six days later, on June 16, Kansas, Ohio and New York became the next states to ratify the 19th Amendment.
By the end of July 1919, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas, Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas voted to ratify the amendment, putting the total states at 12.
By this point, only one state — Georgia — had voted down ratification.
Georgia would vote eventually to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1970 as a formality, says the National Parks Service website.
As the calendar turned to 1920, 22 of the 36 states needed to ratify the amendment had voted to do so.
By the end of January, five more states had joined their ranks, although South Carolina had “voted overwhelmingly” to reject the amendment.
On March 22, 1920, Washington became the 35th state to ratify the amendment, says the NPS.
Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Delaware and Louisiana all voted against ratification during this time.
Finally, on August 18, 1920, Tennessee ratified the amendment, putting the total at 36.
About one week later, on August 26, 1920, the ratification was certified by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby and the 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution, says the National Archives website.
Despite the ratification of the 19th Amendment, women still faced challenges in their quest to actually vote.
In four states — Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina — women largely could not vote in the 1920 election as the ratification occurred after voter registration deadlines, notes the American Bar Association.
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Eventually, each U.S. state would ratify the 19th Amendment.
The last to do so was Mississippi, who ratified the amendment in 1984.
“I do not believe that women are better than men,” prominent suffragist Jane Addams said, according to Crusadeforthevote.org.
“We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislature, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.”
Golden Knights take Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final thanks to 5 different goal scorers
Zach Whitecloud scored from long range with just over 13 minutes left, after Adin Hill made arguably the best save of the playoffs, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Whitecloud’s goal put Vegas ahead, a crucial penalty kill followed and captain Mark Stone scored an insurance goal that was reviewed for a high stick and confirmed. That combination, plus Hill’s 33 saves, gave Vegas the lead in the series after a feisty opener between Sun Belt teams who wasted little time getting acquainted with big hits during play and plenty of post-whistle pushing and shoving.
Original Knights players Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore also scored on Florida’s two-time Vezina winner Sergei Bobrovsky.
Game 2 is Monday in Las Vegas.
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The Panthers ratcheted up the physical play late after falling behind by two. A handful of penalties resulting from a fracas with 4:24 remaining left the Florida bench well short.
But the outcome was determined long before that.
After falling behind on a short-handed goal by Eric Staal that sucked the life out of the crowd of 18,432, the Golden Knights rallied for their ninth comeback win this playoffs. Marchessault — known since arriving in Las Vegas when the franchise got its start for scoring big goals — answered before the end of the first period and Theodore scored his first since March 7 in the second.
In between, Hill made a desperation stick save to rob Nick Cousins of what would have been a sure goal. The save was reminiscent of the one Washington’s Braden Holtby made against Vegas — in the same crease — five years ago.
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Giving up a tying goal to Anthony Duclair with 10.2 seconds left in the second did not slow the Golden Knights’ momentum much. Whitecloud’s goal, with Bobrovsky screened and unable to see, fired up fans once again.
The Golden Knights are in the final for the second time in six years of existence, five years after making it in their inaugural season. Vegas won the opener in 2018 and lost the series to Washington in five games. Six players are left from that original team.
The Panthers are back playing for the Cup for the first time since 1996. Florida got swept by Colorado in that final 27 years ago, 18 months before Tkachuk, the team’s leading scorer this playoffs, was born.
It’s the 66th different matchup of teams in the Cup final in NHL history and the 46th since the expansion era began in 1967-68. This is the first time since Washington-Vegas and just the third time since the turn of the century in which the final features two teams who have never won the league’s championship.
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Ted Danson says his life was a ‘hot mess’ but ‘Cheers’ ending paved the way for Mary Steenburgen romance
Ted Danson revealed that the end of his hit NBC show “Cheers” paved the way for his romance with his wife of 28 years, Mary Steenburgen.
The 75-year-old actor played the lead character of Sam Malone in the long-running series, which aired from 1982 to 1993. On Friday, Danson reunited with co-stars George Wendt and John Ratzenberger and “Cheers” co-creators James Burrows, Les Charles and Glen Charles for a panel discussion about the show during the ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
While discussing why “Cheers” ended after 11 seasons, Danson admitted that he was behind it. “In my defense, we’d all been talking for a couple of years [about ending the series],” the two-time Emmy Award winner said, according to People Magazine.
He then added, “Okay, sorry. It was me.”
“My life was a hot mess at the time, and if I had not stopped and gotten it together, I would never have met my wife,” “The Good Place” star explained.
Danson and Steenburgen met for the first time in 1983 when he auditioned for the role of her on-screen husband in the biographical drama romance film “Cross Creek.” “I was married. He was married. That was not our moment,” Steenburgen said of meeting Danson in a 2021 interview with People.
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The pair were reunited in 1994 when they co-starred as on-screen spouses in the adventure movie “Pontiac Moon.” By that time, both had ended their previous marriages.
Danson and his wife Cassandra Coates split in 1993 and Steenburgen divorced her husband Malcolm McDowell in 1990.
While working together on “Pontiac Moon,” the two struck up a friendship. “I wasn’t ready for anything like a relationship. We just kept working together and becoming better and better friends,” Steenburgen told People.
Their friendship blossomed into love during a canoe trip with friends in Mendocino, California. “It was very magical,” Danson told People in 2021. “We came back in love, to be honest, or I’ll say smitten.”
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In October 1995, they tied the knot during a ceremony in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, that was attended by then U.S. President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton.
After they married, the couple went on to work together in the TV series “Gulliver’s Travels” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the 2004 romantic comedy “It Must Be Love.”
“I want as long as possible in my life with Mary,” Danson told People. “I know it will have all of its hard parts, but I want to experience love in all those moments.”
In 2018, Steenburgen told People Magazine that she would “sign up for 100 more lifetimes” with Danson.
“There’s no hollow in my heart where I don’t love him, or where I doubt this love,” “The Book Club 2” star said. “There’s no secret place where I say we weren’t a thousand percent supposed to spend our life together.”
Aaron Judge breaks through Dodger Stadium fence after insane running catch
Aaron Judge is without a doubt one of the best hitters on the planet, but that’s all he does.
It turns out the guy is a pretty good right fielder, too, and he reminded us on Saturday night in his home state of California.
J.D. Martinez was the tying run for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he roped a fly ball to right, which Judge had to give plenty effort for.
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Judge extended to make the grab right along the wall, and he, quite literally, ran through the wall for his team.
The 6’7″, 282-pound behemoth of a human being literally broke the bullpen door open.
“They gotta make a stronger fence out there, I guess,” Judge told FOX’s Ken Rosenthal after the game on the broadcast.
Trainers came to look at Judge, but he was just fine.
So no, Judge is not just a home run hitter – he does everything.
Speaking of home runs, he hit his AL-leading 19th of the season earlier in the day and is one behind Pete Alonso for the MLB lead despite missing 11 games on the injured list.
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Judge was five points away from winning the Triple Crown last year, all while setting a new American League record with 62 home runs, breaking fellow New York Yankee Roger Maris’ 61 he hit in 1961.
Last season, Judge led the majors in homers, RBI (131), on-base percentage (.425), slugging percentage (.666), total bases (391), and runs scored (133). His 111 walks led the AL, and he earned MVP honors.
That season came in a walk year, and it turned into a record-breaking nine-year, $360 million contract and being named the first captain of the Yankees since Derek Jeter.
His numbers at this point in the season look eerily similar to what they were at this point last year (he leads the majors with a 1.065 OPS), so it certainly is not out of the question he’ll defend it. Especially if his defense continues to be this good.
The Yanks earned a 6-3 win over L.A. on Saturday to even up their three-game series.
Body found off Florida beach identified as missing 19-year-old swimmer
A body pulled from waters off Jacksonville Beach, Florida, by a paddleboarder this week was identified by police as a swimmer missing since last Sunday, officials said Friday.
The medical examiner identified the body as Curtis Newkirk Jr., 19, Jacksonville police said in a release sent to Fox News Digital.
Newkirk had been found about 100 yards from the coastline Wednesday morning after 10 a.m. following an exhaustive search by law enforcement.
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He had reportedly been swimming with friends south of the Jacksonville Beach pier when he went missing.
Some of his friends also had trouble in the water but everyone else had made it to shore, TMJ-TV reported.
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The U.S. Coast Guard and local law enforcement had been searching for Newkirk by sea and air since last weekend.
Gen Z Rep. Maxwell Frost goes on profane rant against Gov. Ron DeSantis on stage at Paramore concert
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Anne Heche’s ex James Tupper shares how he and their son Atlas are ‘taking care of each other’ after her death
Anne Heche’s ex-husband James Tupper opened up about how he and their 14-year-old son Atlas are coping after the actress’s death in August.
The 57-year-old actor told People magazine he and Atlas have been leaning on each other after the “Six Days, Seven Nights” star died at the age of 53 following a car crash.
“We’re taking care of each other and taking it one day at a time,” Tupper said at the Race to Erase MS Gala in Los Angeles Friday.
“We’ve got a lot of great support and family around us, and it doesn’t help. We still miss her, we miss her every day, love her,” the “Revenge” alum added.
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Tupper and Heche began dating in 2008 after meeting on the set of their hit ABC show “Men in Trees” and welcomed Atlas the following year. The former couple were together more than 10 years before splitting in January 2018.
Heche was previously married to Coley Laffoon, 49, with whom she shared son Homer, 21. The two tied the knot in 2001, but Laffoon filed for divorce in 2007. Their split was finalized in March 2009.
In January, Tupper shared that helping Atlas through his grief was his “whole focus.”
“I want to say that I’m doing great, but it’s been a very, very difficult time,” Tupper explained. “A very big transition and spending time with my boy and looking after him, that’s basically been my whole focus.
“It’s very difficult whenever you lose a parent like that. Your whole world switches inside out, and I think kids experience trauma in a way that adults don’t.
“Adults have a context to put it in, but kids do not. You want to bury it, you want to forget about it and move past it. I happened to have lost my mom, too, when I was very, very young. So, I kind of understand what he’s going through.”
The “Big Little Lies” star noted that “grief is a difficult thing,” adding it “comes in waves.” He explained that he has become “so upset” sometimes while driving he has to pull his car over.
“This shock that she’s gone now — someone that you really loved and really knew very, very well — [it’s] impossible to get over quickly,” the Canada native told People.
Tupper added that playing tennis and relying on the support of his “really good friends” has helped Atlas cope with the loss of his mother.
“Atlas has taken up tennis. So, he plays like two to three hours a day, and I think that’s creating a real nice balance,” Tupper said. “So, keeping these things carefully in balance, that’s how we’re getting through grief.”
According to a report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office, Heche died from “inhalation and thermal injuries” after she was involved in a fiery car collision Aug. 5 in Mar Vista.
Coroners also listed a “sternal fracture due to blunt trauma” under “other significant conditions” for her death.
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Heche suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury” and remained “in a coma” under medical care at the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills for the opportunity to donate her organs through the OneLegacy Foundation.
“It has long been her choice to donate her organs, and she’s being kept on life support to determine if any are viable,” her representative confirmed at the time.
Heche was “peacefully taken off life support” Aug. 14 after being declared brain-dead days before.
Following her death, Homer faced a contentious court battle with Tupper, who contested Laffoon’s appointment as guardian of her estate.
Tupper initially filed paperwork seeking to establish himself as the guardian of his son, who is legally a minor, but his petition was denied in November.
Fox News Digital’s Tracy Wright contributed to this report.
Joran van der Sloot case: Natalee Holloway prime suspect will be handed to Interpol before transfer to US
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Joran van der Sloot will be handed over to Interpol “in the next few days” before his upcoming transfer to the United States, according to Peru’s federal prison agency.
The Dutch national is the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba during a Mountain Brook High School, Alabama, senior trip.
Van der Sloot is currently being held in a Peruvian prison for the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in 2010. He was originally sentenced to 28 years in prison for the killing, but more time was added on because of a drug smuggling scandal he was involved in while in jail.
He’s facing charges of wire fraud and extortion in the United States after allegedly trying to sell Beth Holloway, Natalee’s mother, information on where her daughter’s body was located. The Peruvian government ruled earlier in May that he would be temporarily transferred to face trial in the U.S.
Federal prosecutors say van der Sloot asked for $250,000 — $25,000 up front for the information and the rest being paid out when the body of Natalee Holloway was positively identified.
Van der Sloot lied about Natalee Holloway’s whereabouts, prosecutors said.
The National Penitentiary Institute, Peru’s prison agency, said in a Saturday statement that the transfer of Van der Sloot to a Lima prison has begun. Van der Sloot will be temporarily housed in the Lima prison until FBI agents pick him up.
Interpol will conduct the final handover of Van der Sloot to the FBI, according to the statement.
“In the next few days, INPE will proceed to hand over the convicted person to the INTERPOL PERU NCB, in order to deliver it to the US authorities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation – FBI,” Peru’s prison agency said.
Col. Carlos López Aeda, the chief of Interpol in Lima, Peru told Fox News Digital on Friday evening that officials in Peru began taking Van der Sloot from Challapalca Prison to a maximum security prison in Lima late Friday night.
“[Van der Sloot] will leave [Challapalca] tonight and on Sunday morning he will be in Lima, ready for the transfer,” López Aeda said.
Van der Sloot was being housed at Challapalca Prison, which is almost a day’s drive away from Lima.
Before van der Sloot is transferred to the U.S., he’ll undergo several medical tests, López Aeda previously told Fox News Digital.
“We are going to carry out the medical procedures to certify Joran’s good health, the COVID tests that even the staff who are going to transfer him have to do, those of us who are going to participate in the security convoy and guarantee that all his rights are respected so that everything is carried out in the fastest and most efficient way unless the defense presents some appeal which we highly doubt it,” López Aeda said.
Natalee Holloway’s body has never been found. In January 2012, van der Sloot pleaded guilty to killing Flores, and Natalee Holloway was legally declared dead that month.
Natalee Holloway’s mother, Beth, said in an earlier statement shared with Fox News Digital that the transfer gives a chance for justice to finally be served.
“I was blessed to have had Natalee in my life for 18 years, and as of this month, I have been without her for exactly 18 years. She would be 36 years old now,” Beth Holloway said. “It has been a very long and painful journey, but the persistence of many is going to pay off. Together, we are finally getting justice for Natalee,” Beth Holloway said.
Fox News’ Armando Regil Valasco contributed to this report.