2010 Event In the U.S., Senators from the Republican Party adopt a bill to ban earmarks, a process of setting aside money in bills for specific purposes specified by legislators 1997 Death Michael Dorris, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord', commits suicide in Concord, New Hampshire, at age 52 1996 Event Television industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system 1994 Event U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti 1977 Event Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time 1948 Event President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program 1945 Birthday Michael Dorris, born in Louisville, Kentucky, writer, scholar, first unmarried man to adopt child, Raynold Abel, wrote about Reynold in 'The Broken Cord' 1918 Event Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar 1902 Event Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals 1889 Event Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum 1888 Event Louisville, Kentucky becomes 1st government in U.S. to adopt Australian ballot 1879 Event NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players 1864 Event Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery 1861 Event Confederate States adopt "Stars and Bars" flag 1845 Event 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1808 Event Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names 1808 Event French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names 1701 Event Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar 1700 Event Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 1/12/1701 1700 Event Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar 1584 Event Parts of Switzerland adopt Gregorian calendar (& parts in 1812) 1582 Event Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar 1582 Event Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 1235 Event Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
