1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
1991 Manhattan Cable final day of amnesty to return illegal cable boxes
1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics
1990 In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal
1990 It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers
1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87
1989 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities
1986 U.S. Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens and offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
1986 World Court rules U.S. aid to Nicaraguan contras illegal
1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
1981 Isobel Elsom, actress (Unseen, Jane Eyre, Illegal), dies at 87
1978 Jay Adler, actor (Macon County Line, Illegal, Big Combo), dies at 79
1975 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans
1975 VP Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA
1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme
1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1972 John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1969 George Harrison and Patti Boyd are fined 250 pounds each for illegal drugs
1967 Sandra Reinhardt, born in Pittsburgh, actress, Another World, Illegal in Blue
1966 Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1963 Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies
1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.
1951 Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal
1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus
1944 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught
1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau
1944 Smith vs. Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal
1943 1st printing of illegal "Warheid"
1943 J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN
1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed
1943 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam
1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland
1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested
1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested
1943 Illegal opposition newspaper Loyal begins publishing
1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
1940 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes
1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
1940 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands
1940 Nazi's bombs Middelburg/B IJzerdrat begins illegal defiance
1933 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
1924 California legalizes pro boxing (illegal since 1914)
1920 U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
1908 New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public
1906 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP, ARP
1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day
1818 Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal
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