2015 Event Creditor nations agree to extend Greece's bailout program by four months as long as required economic reforms continue; new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had campaigned on reversing the reforms but now accepts the terms to avoid financial chaos 2014 Event The International Court of Justice at the U.N. agrees that Japanese whaling is conducted for commercial purposes, not scientific research; Japan accepts the order to cease all whaling activities in the Antarctic 2012 Event President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Party's nomination as candiate for the 2102 Presidential election 2011 Event Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accepts a proposal from President Dmitry Medvedev to run in Russia's 2012 Presidential election 2011 Event The Tibetan parliament will seek the Tibetan community's opinion after the Tibetan government in-exile accepts the Dalai Lama's resignation from politics 2005 Event Luxembourg accepts a referendum on the E.U. constitution 1997 Event Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmamen 1990 Event Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks 1990 Event German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency 1988 Event PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist 1987 Event Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member 1986 Event Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize 1985 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba 1985 Event Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter 1983 Event Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize 1981 Event Iran accepts U.S. offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets 1980 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws 1980 Event Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president 1979 Event Iran accepts constitution 1979 Event European Market accepts Greece as member 1978 Event U.S. Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty 1977 Event Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel 1976 Event East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia 1975 Event Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize 1974 Event Burma accepts its constitution 1971 Event European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 1970 Event U.N. General Assembly accepts membership of China PR 1968 Event West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law 1967 Event Paraguay accepts its constitution 1965 Event Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto 1963 Event Algerian population accepts constitution 1962 Event Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons 1961 Event John F. Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs 1959 Event Tom Landry accepts coaching job with Dallas Cowboys (stays until 1988) 1959 Event Presbyterian church accepts women preachers 1958 Event Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses 1958 Event Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers 1957 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase 1957 Event Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1957 Event East Germany accepts 22 Russian divisions 1957 Event U.S. Congress accepts the Eisenhower-doctrine 1955 Event Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state 1955 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law 1951 Event Uruguay accepts its constitution 1949 Event Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution 1947 Event Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy 1946 Event U.N. accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr 1946 Event Panama accepts its new constitution 1941 Event U.S. Senate accepts Omar Bradley's demotion to Brigadier-General 1940 Event VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands 1939 Event Estonia accepts Soviet military bases 1935 Event U.S. Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal" 1934 Event Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence 1934 Event U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 1933 Event Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms 1932 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Company consultant 1926 Event Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties 1924 Event German Republic day accepts Dawes plan 1923 Event England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law 1923 Event Italian parliament accepts new constitution 1923 Event Allies accepts Vilnus taking East-Galicie in Poland 1919 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage 1919 Event Germany accepts Weimar Constitution 1919 Event German National Meeting accepts Anschluss: incorporation of Austria 1918 Event House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler 1917 Event Petrograd Soviet accepts establishment of Military 1917 Event Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee 1914 Event Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1913 Event British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law 1913 Event Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws 1913 Event British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland 1906 Event Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor 1905 Event Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) 1900 Event Australia accepts its constitution 1900 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law 1895 Event U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage 1884 Event U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo 1881 Event South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire 1862 Event Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution 1860 Event Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1850 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States 1848 Event Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) 1838 Event Emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwin's marriage proposal 1830 Event Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X 1829 Event Dutch parliament accepts new press laws 1813 Event Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy 1809 Event Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system 1803 Event Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 1798 Event Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution 1795 Event Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies 1791 Event France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution 1788 Event English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade 1774 Event English parliament accepts Quebec Act 1714 Event Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree 1700 Event Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700 1687 Event Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty 1682 Event William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York 1663 Event English parliament accepts Staple Act 1653 Event Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine 1628 Event English king Charles I accepts Petition of Rights 1581 Event Cortes van Thomar accepts Philip II as king of Portugal 1552 Event Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 1538 Event States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy 1534 Event English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 68 Event Rome Senate accepts emperor Galba
