Mary Ann qualifies for a retirement benefit of $250 and a spouseâs benefit of $400. At her full retirement age, she will receive her own $250 retirement benefit, and we will add $150 from her spouseâs benefit, for a total of $400. Keep in mind that you may have options to increase your benefit amounts. For more information, see the FAQs on Claiming Changes, Deemed Filing, and Voluntary Suspense.
United States: The Constitutional Convention. The Philadelphia Convention, which met in May 1787, was officially called for by the old Congress solely to remedy defects in the Articles of Confederation.
Thirty-three years ago this month, a three-day race riot exploded in Miami when a group of Miami-Dade Police officers were acquitted after being charged with beating a black man to death over a traffic violation. Arthur McDuffie reportedly led cops on a high-speed chase on his motorcycle in December 1979.