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1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known

1978 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms

1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army

1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong'

1912 Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"

1904 Supreme Court rules Puerto Ricans cannot be denied admission to US

1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"

1857 Dred Scott Decision: Supreme Court rules slaves cannot be citizens


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