Historical Events for 29th July 2022

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362 - Emperor Julianus of Constantinople's "School Edict" prohibited Christian teachers from using pagan literature which were standard texts for classical education at the time
1014 - Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies
1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States
1934 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Park CC: Paul Runyan wins first of his 2 PGA crowns, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes
1968 - Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
1983 - Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
1993 - Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible
1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis
2018 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 1 shot from defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany
2021 - Following Simone Biles' withdrawal, teammate Sunisa Lee becomes first Hmong-American Olympic champion in any sport when she wins women's artistic individual all-around gymnastics gold in Tokyo

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[+ Charlie]

Re: Cumberland Law School comment.

There were few law school in the US in the 18th and 19th centuries, because most lawyers did not go to a law school. They interned in the office of a practicing lawyer until they were ready to open their own practice (see Abraham Lincoln, for example).