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1970
Constitution of Singapore enacted
1967
1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
1963
Equal Pay Act enacted
1955
1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted, Illinois
1932
U.S. Federal gas tax enacted
1932
1st U.S. state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)
1916
1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted
1907
1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana
1901
Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
1896
1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1871
1st fertilizer law enacted
1867
Reconstruction enacted
1863
1st U.S. wartime military conscription bill enacted
1851
1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted, Maine
1848
1st pure food law enacted in U.S.
1813
1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
1790
U.S. copyright law enacted
1672
1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1630
1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
1623
1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
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