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