1980 Event Iran requests $24 billion in U.S. guarantees to free hostages 1965 Event Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights 1964 Event Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees 1950 Event Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1938 Event Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1920 Event Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right 1870 Event 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 1740 Event King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion and freedom of the press 1716 Event Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom 1689 Event English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
