16:1416:14, 7 April 2014diffhist+126
Battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne Day actually commemorates the Battle of Aughrim *not* the Battle of the Boyne. Dates of events are almost never changed from Old Style to New Style, or (Traditional) Columbus Day would be 22 October instead of 12 October.
23:0323:03, 28 February 2014diffhist−120
Lincoln Law School of San Jose
As a single subject institution with no university affiliation, Lincoln Law School of San Jose is not eligible for accreditation by (as opposed to "membership in") the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
26 February 2014
01:5701:57, 26 February 2014diffhist+59
Hi-C
Hi-C is *not* a soda drink - at least not in the United States. It's a non-fizzy juice-flavoured soft drink.
16:4516:45, 13 January 2014diffhist+14
Mary Mallon
At the time Mary Mallon was born, all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1922) -- so she was a *British* Subject, not an Irish one (pre-1801, post-1921).
16:3016:30, 20 September 2013diffhist+6
Nolo contendere
As a government body, "Board of Pharmacy" is a proper noun (like "Board of Accountancy" and "State Bar of California"), so it is properly capitalised.
23:4923:49, 28 August 2013diffhist+5
Janis Joplin
Clarified the four-year period discussed in the first paragraph was her solo career, since she full "active" career was 1962-1970, which is *eight* years.
23 August 2013
18:3218:32, 23 August 2013diffhist−3
Happy Birthday to You
Anniversaries take ORDINAL numbers, not cardinal numbers: First Anniversary, Second Anniversary, Third Anniversary. The word "year" is part of the word "Anniversary" (Latin, "Anno" = "Year").
21:5221:52, 2 May 2013diffhist+295
Tony Chebatoris
There was no "loophole" in state law in 1938; besides which, the man was not even charged with treason! He was tried, sentenced and executed entirely under FEDERAL jurisdiction - *that's* why the execution could happen!
21:2121:21, 2 May 2013diffhist+124
Capital punishment in the United States
Michigan did not amend its constitution in 1963 - it wrote an entirely new one. The state has had four constitutions: 1835 (adopted while still a territory), 1850, 1908, and 1963 (effective 1964).
21:0721:07, 2 May 2013diffhist−7
Capital punishment in the United States
Changed "Recent Abolition" to "Abolition" - since 1846 and 1853, and even 1965, are not "recent" abolitions, unless you're speaking in context of the 1.4 million years of human history
21:0021:00, 2 May 2013diffhist+429
Taxation in the United States
Per the US Supreme Court, a fee is not a tax. Fees are designed only to cover actual costs, whereas taxes are designed to generate revenue - either for general operations or for a specific purpose.
16:4916:49, 2 May 2013diffhist+3
Anne Francis
It was legally significant at the time that Anne Francis was not "single" (which means someone who has never been married) but "unmarried" *and* already had a daughter; so there was legally less for her to prove to the family court to adopt Maggie.
15 April 2013
17:3717:37, 15 April 2013diffhist+4
Ius
Conformed "right" to the others in the sequence; corrected the Spanish. Only the German noun should be capitalised because German still capitalises all nouns; the other languages do not.