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2012 Event - The U.S. House of Representatives votes to end the Jackson-Vanik amendment from 1974, which was intended to effect U.S. trade relations with Communist countries

2011 Event - In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect

2010 Event - Italy's plan to ban plastic bags goes into effect; the country was using 20 billion plastic bags a year - about 300 per person

2010 Event - A tsunami warning went into effect for Chile and Peru after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Conception, Chile

2006 Event - U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon

1994 Event - Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect

1994 Event - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect

1992 Event - U.N. imposes embargo against Libya takes effect

1992 Event - Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect

1991 Death - John Lawrence, examined effect of neutron radiation on fabric, dies

1991 Event - 5% sales tax on consumer goods and services goes into effect in U.S.S.R.

1989 Event - Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy

1988 Event - Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war

1987 Event - Philippines constitution goes into effect

1987 Event - No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings

1987 Event - New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect

1987 Event - China's rudimentary civil code in effect

1986 Event - Constitution of Guatemala takes effect

1985 Event - U.S.'s 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York

1983 Death - Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55

1982 Event - Honduras constitution goes into effect

1981 Event - Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins

1980 Event - New South Korean constitution comes into effect

1979 Event - Mali's constitution goes into effect

1979 Event - Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect

1978 Event - Spain constitution goes into effect

1978 Event - Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect

1976 Event - Albania constitution goes into effect

1976 Death - Judith Lowry, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays ...), dies at 86

1976 Event - Algeria Constitution goes into effect

1976 Event - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)

1974 Death - Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91

1974 Event - Malta's constitution goes into effect

1973 Event - Bahrain's constitution goes into effect

1972 Event - New North Korean constitution comes into effect

1972 Event - Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect

1971 Event - Bulgarian constitution goes into effect

1970 Event - Iraq's constitution goes into effect

1970 Event - Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect

1970 Event - Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect

1968 Event - New socialist constitution of East Germany takes effect

1968 Event - Vatican City's Apostolic Constitution of 1967 goes into effect

1967 Event - Martial Law goes into effect in Greece

1967 Event - 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability and Succession) in effect

1966 Event - Medicare goes into effect

1965 Event - India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect

1965 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966

1965 Event - Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect

1964 Event - 24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes

1963 Event - Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot

1961 Event - Antarctic Treaty goes into effect

1961 Event - U.N. genocide pact goes into effect

1960 Event - Benelux treaty goes into effect

1960 Death - Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82

1955 Death - Carl Ramsauer, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect, dies in Berlin, Germany

1955 Event - South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect

1954 Event - European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect

1952 Event - Arab League security pact goes into effect

1952 Event - WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect

1950 Event - Indies Constitution goes into effect

1949 Event - NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, goes into effect

1947 Event - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece

1947 Event - Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect

1945 Event - U.N. charter comes into effect

1942 Event - Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in U.S.

1941 Event - State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia

1941 Event - Russian-Japan no-attack treaty goes into effect

1940 Event - 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)

1939 Event - Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect

1937 Event - 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie

1935 Event - U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect

1933 Event - 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March

1929 Event - U.S. Immigration law of 1924 in effect

1929 Event - Democratic constitution goes into effect in Ecuador

1921 Event - Present constitution of Liechtenstein comes into effect

1920 Event - Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect

1920 Birthday - Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist, Clash of Titans

1920 Event - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect, lasts 28 years

1920 Event - 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933

1918 Event - 1st daylight savings time in U.S. goes into effect

1915 Event - Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands

1913 Event - Dutch Disability laws go into effect

1913 Event - Federal income tax takes effect, 16th amendment

1913 Event - 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon

1912 Event - Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect

1912 Event - British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect

1905 Event - Norway dissolves union with Sweden, in effect since 1814

1900 Event - Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect

1890 Birthday - Judith Lowry, born in Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, actress, Effect of Gamma Rays ...

1882 Birthday - Walther Meissner, German physicist, Meissner effect

1879 Birthday - Carl Ramsauer, born in Oldenburg, Germany, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect

1874 Event - Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect

1874 Birthday - Johannes Stark, Germany, physicist, Stark effect, Nobel 1919

1873 Birthday - Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect

1868 Event - Constitution of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes into effect

1868 Birthday - Robert A. Millikan, U.S. physicist, photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923

1865 Birthday - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902

1863 Event - 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect

1855 Birthday - Edwin H Hall, U.S. physicist, Hall effect

1850 Event - Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England

1849 Event - M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and sees cleaning effect

1834 Event - German Tolunie goes into effect

1803 Birthday - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, Doppler effect

1798 Event - New conscription law goes into effect in France

1789 Event - U.S. constitution goes into effect

1789 Event - 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)

1788 Event - U.S. Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is 9th to ratify

1765 Event - Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies

1701 Event - Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom

1662 Event - Uniformity Act of England goes into effect













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