17 June 1987 June 16, 2013 Author: Staff The Dusky Seaside Sparrow species becomes extinct. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 4 February 2004 27 September 1937 Categories: History Tags: 17 June 1987