#OnThisDay in 1899, Friedrich A. von Hayek was born. His sense of libertarian individualism had a tremendous impact on late-20th century American thought and policy.
Read more in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/Wc2V50YUIHb
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#OnThisDay in 1789, President George Washington delivers the nation’s first presidential inaugural address.
Read it in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/UlTJ50YJ2ij
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#OnThisDay in 1738, Cesare Bonesana di Beccaria is born. His book, “On Crimes and Punishments,” impacted American law makers in the post-revolutionary era.
Read an excerpt in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/1zGz50YpQGR
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#OnThisDay in 1865, Congress passes the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill. The bill dramatically expanded federal authority and raised constitutional questions about confiscation.
Read it in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/ilAb50Yn5Cv
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#OnThisDay, W.E.B. DuBois is born. Visit the #FoundersLibrary to read “The Souls of Black Folk,” written by DuBois in 1903. #BlackHistoryMonth
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#OnThisDay Susan B. Anthony is born in 1820. After registering to vote and casting her ballot, Anthony was arrested and charged with election fraud.
In the #FoundersLibrary, read her remarks following the ordeal: ow.ly/WeoT50YcojI
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#OnThisDay in 1909 the NAACP is founded. Visit the #FoundersLibrary to read their platform, adopted to advance their cause for immediate recognition of Black people’s full constitutional rights. #BlackHistoryMonth
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In January 1956, Brooklyn Dodgers president and team manager Branch Rickey delivers a speech on the process of integrating Major League Baseball.
Read an excerpt from the speech in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/CzGT50XNhse
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#OnThisDay in 1885, judicial philosopher and civil rights advocate Zechariah Chafee Jr. is born.
Read his thoughts on free speech in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/VKMs50XAizn
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18 Nov 2025
#OnThisDay in 1872, a deputy U.S. marshal arrests Susan B. Anthony for voting in that year’s presidential election.
In the #FoundersLibrary, read her statement from her trial the following year: ow.ly/V4HB50Xnn05
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30 Oct 2025
President John Adams is born #OnThisDay in 1735.
In 1776, he penned “Thoughts on Government.” Read it now in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/q67H50Xbgwi
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30 Oct 2025
Bower School launches Founders Library and B Café in Hyderabad
#HyderabadStartups #Entrepreneurship #FoundersLibrary #Innovation
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#OnThisDay in 1870, Roscoe Pound is born. Pound was dean of the Harvard Law School, and a pioneering scholar of the new “sociological jurisprudence.”
Explore his writing in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/q5se50Xbgol
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#OnThisDay in 1704, John Locke dies. This philosopher’s work inspired America’s founding generation.
Read some of his work now in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/t72650XaIxz
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28 Sep 2025
#OnThisDay in 1948, Eleanor Roosevelt, who redefined the role of First Lady, delivers a speech in support of the Declaration of Human Rights, connecting human rights to America’s constitutional tradition.
Read an excerpt in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/67QY50WS8Nn
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#OnThisDay in 1825 poet and writer Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is born.
Read an excerpt of her speech from the 1866 National Woman’s Rights Convention in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/nBtO50WS8zC
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#OnThisDay in 1945, the United States drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
In the #FoundersLibrary, read President Truman’s statement on the use of the weapon: ow.ly/wyQ350WxZpo
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15 Jul 2025
#OnThisDay in 1806, Jean-Louis de Lolme dies. His book “The Constitution of England, or, An Account of the English Government” influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Read it in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/OjZW50WjWCF
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#OnThisDay in 1890, the Populist Party—an enormously influential third party—holds their first nomination convention in Nebraska.
Read the party’s 1892 platform in our #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/HnNq50WjWA2
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#OnThisDay in 1723, Sir William Blackstone is born. America’s founding generation often cited his work.
Read more in the #FoundersLibrary: ow.ly/kh3c50Wj6iE
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