On This Day... November 25th, 2019

What happened around this time in FBA’s history? See below for some pretty cool tidbits.

• Nov. 27, 1963: At its monthly meeting, the FBA’s National Council passes a resolution in memory of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated five days before. In part the resolution notes that Kennedy “has by his devotion, courage, and determination set for us, as lawyers and as servants or former servants of the general government, an example which will continue to urge us toward these goals through all the time which can be foreseen.”

• November 1977: The FBA holds its annual convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico — for the first time staging the meeting outside the continental United States. Originally scheduled for Sept. 26–Oct. 1, the meeting was postponed due to the murder of General Convention Chair and former FBA Puerto Rico Chapter President Alan H. Randall, who was shot and killed outside his home on Sept. 22.