2015 Event Archaeologists report on the findings in Kenya of stone tools over a half-million years older than known species of human ancestors, raising questions regarding human evolution and use of tools 1994 Death Andreas van Melsen, philosopher (Evolution and Wosbegeerte), dies at 81 1988 Death Sewall Wright, U.S. geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98 1987 Event Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1948 Death Albert F Pollard, British historian (Evolution of parliament), dies at 78 1926 Event Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools 1925 Event Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution 1925 Event Scopes guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee High School, fined $100 and costs 1925 Event Jury selection took place in John T Scopes evolution trial 1925 Event John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee 1925 Event Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 1925 Event Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution 1916 Death Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58 1912 Birthday Martin Schwarzschild, U.S. astronomer, evolution 1900 Birthday John T Scopes, Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution 1834 Birthday Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, Potsdam Germ, biologist, Causes of Evolution 1823 Birthday Alfred Russel Wallace, British zoologist/co-discoverer, evolution 1809 Birthday Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution, 'Origin of Species'
