Charles Darwin & the Scopes “Monkey Trial” began
On Jul. 10, 1925, the Scopes Trial, often called the “Scopes Monkey Trial,” began in Dayton, TN when…
On Jul. 10, 1925, the Scopes Trial, often called the “Scopes Monkey Trial,” began in Dayton, TN when…
On May 5, 1925, Scopes, was arrested for violating the Butler Act which prohibited the teaching of evolution…
On May 4, 1925, a Chattanooga newspaper ran an item noting that the American Civil Liberties Union was…
On Mar. 21, 1925, Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed the Butler Act (Tenn. HB 185, 1925) which prohibited…
On Mar. 13, 1925, the Tennessee Senate approved the Butler bill 24 to 6 called for a ban…
On Jan. 21, 1925, Representative. John Washington Butler introduced legislation in the Tennessee House of Representatives that called…
By Nov. 1, 1918, Nashville had reported a total of 40,000 influenza cases and 392 deaths, with thousands…
On Oct. 9, 1918, Nashville schools were closed due to the influenza epidemic. In surrounding Davidson County, the…
On Oct. 7, 1918, Nashville officials ordered closed theaters, movie houses, and other entertainment areas, while leaving schools…
On Oct. 5, 1918, Nashville’s health officer Dr. W.E. Hibbett announced there were between 10,000 and 15,000 influenza…
On Sept. 27, 1918, local Nashville newspapers reported that there were at least a handful of cases within…
In 1914, George William Hunter’s A Civic Biology, the book later used in biology courses in Dayton, Tenn.,…
In 1914, the first ‘mechanical lung’, developed by Charles Morgan Hammond, M.D., passed its first clinical test at…
In 1911, William Krauss, Ph.G., M.D. of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine published the first paper…
In 1900, Dr. Robert F. Boyd, a physician and dentist, became the first president of the National Medical…
In 1874, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center was founded in Nashville.