On this day in 1975, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, sparking decades of mystery. And in 1997, Michigan's Supreme Court cleared the way for charter schools statewide.
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Who would have guessed that when Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on this day in 1975, it would create a mystery that still endures to this day nearly half a century later. Archives from the Detroit News report that Hoffa left home for an afternoon meeting with Tony Jack Giacalone, an infamous crime capo in Detroit and a New Jersey teamster boss known as Tony Pro. On that night Hoffa disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again. Nobody knows where Jimmy Hoffa’s final resting place is, but it is *not* under a backyard pool in Hampton, a shed in Roseville, or a horse farm in Milford. They know because they checked.
And finally, an educational practice praised by some, panned by others, is officially made legal from a Michigan Supreme Court decision today in 1997 when they opened the path to the creation of Charter Schools.