Today in History - June 7 I The Daily Then™ #todayinhistory #history #educationalvideo #june7

[00:00:00]This is [music] the Daily Then, for June 7th, 1494.

[00:00:06]Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas.

[00:00:10]The agreement draws an imaginary line 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands, dividing newly claimed lands outside [music] Europe. The treaty shapes colonial expansion in the Americas and defines early global empire boundaries.

[00:00:25]1892.

[00:00:27]Homer Plessy is arrested in New Orleans for sitting in a whites-only [music] rail car.

[00:00:32]His deliberate act of civil disobedience challenges Louisiana's segregation [music] law.

[00:00:37]The case leads to Plessy versus Ferguson, which entrenches racial segregation in the United States for decades. 1965.

[00:00:46]The United States [music] Supreme Court decides Griswold versus Connecticut. The court strikes [music] down a state law banning the use of contraceptives by married couples.

[00:00:56]The ruling [music] establishes a constitutional right to privacy that reshapes future debates over [music] personal liberty.

[00:01:04]Today's episode includes a question of the day. Watch the full [music] episode for the answer.