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2008 President George W. Bush signs the 700 billion dollar TARP program into law
2004 Jerry Orbach, actor, Law and Order, dies at 69 1998 Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand 1998 U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional 1997 California law ends affirmative-action 1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law 1996 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in U.S. this year 1996 Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord, dies at 85 1995 Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72 1994 Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run 1994 Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1993 C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies 1992 Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71 1992 Vincent Gardenia, actor (Moonstruck, LA Law), dies at 71 1992 John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye 1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her 1991 Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now, Burke's Law), dies at 93 1991 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig 1991 Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad 1991 Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs 1990 Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations 1990 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig 1990 42nd Emmy Awards - LA Law and Murphy Brown win 1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 1990 Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies 1990 Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations 1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody 1990 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) 1989 Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush 1989 Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1989 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win 1989 China declares martial law in Beijing 1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy 1989 Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court 1988 LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays 1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1988 Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69 1988 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1987 Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 1987 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis and Sharon Gless wins 1987 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 1986 1st broadcast of "LA Law" on NBC-TV 1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1985 Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1985 Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) and Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed 1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY) 1983 Poland's Prime Minister Januzelski lifts martial law 1983 Polish government ends 19 months of martial law 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1982 "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39 1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland 1981 Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists 1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs 1980 Afghanistan declares martial law 1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski 1979 Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect 1978 President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law 1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau) 1975 Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 1975 Italy broadens abortion law 1975 Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 1974 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application 1974 Ty Law, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots 1974 Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 1973 President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82 1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law 1972 Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1972 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law 1972 Marcos declares martial law in Philippines 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule 1970 California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law 1969 Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66 1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1968 West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1968 Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law 1967 James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61 1967 James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hours 12 minutes 1967 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1965 Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1964 Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident 1964 Debi Mazar, born in Queens, New York, actress, Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law 1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law 1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights 1964 Michelle Obama, born in Chicago, Illinois, maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, first African-American First Lady of the United States, husband to Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, employed by Sidley Austin law firm and University of Chicago Medical Center 1963 Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1963 John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1963 Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 1962 Amanda Donohoe, born in London, actress, CJ Lamb-LA Law 1961 President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) 1961 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award 1958 Gary Oldman, actor, Sid and Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace 1958 Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1957 Frederick Law Olmsted, U.S. architect (Central Park), dies at 87 1957 New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 Norma Talmadge, U.S. actress (Within the Law), dies 1957 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78 1957 Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Abby Perkins-LA Law 1956 Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer, Oughta be a Law 1956 Anita Hill, professor of law, Clarence Thomas' nemesis 1955 Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH 1955 Jimmy Smits, born in Brooklyn, actor, Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, New YorkPD Blue 1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law 1954 Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, Arnie Becker-LA Law 1954 Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, LA Law 1954 School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1954 Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law 1952 Susan Hallock Dey, Illinois, actress, 1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law 1952 Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law 1951 Harry Hamlin, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Michael Kuzak - L.A. Law 1951 K K Downing, rock guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1951 Alan Rosenberg, actor, Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill 1951 Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1950 Sam Behrens, actor, Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law 1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) 1950 Mitchel Laurance, actor, LA Law, Not Necessarily the News 1949 Susan Ruttan, born in Oregon City Ore, actress, Roxanne Melman-LA Law 1948 Bruce Vilanch, born in New York City, New York, comedy writer, appeared regularly with Whoopi Goldberg on Hollywood Squares, appeared in Bosom Buddies, Law & Order, wrote for show Billy Crystal, Academy Awards host 1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) 1947 Glenn Tipton, rock guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1947 Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law 1947 A Martinez, born in Glendale California, actor, Whiz Kids, LA Law, Santa Barbara 1947 Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc 1947 Jill Eikenberry, New Haven, Connecticut, Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project 1946 John Spencer, actor, Tommy Mullanney-LA Law 1946 Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1946 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 1946 Silvio Blatter, born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, writer, teacher, works include, 'Das sanfte Gesetz' or 'The soft law' 1945 George Dzunda, born in Rosenheim, Germany, actor, Deer Hunter, Law and Order 1945 Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society 1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1944 Michael Tucker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Stuart Markowitz-LA Law 1943 Steven Bochco, prod, Hill St. Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, New YorkPD Blue 1943 Conchata Ferrell, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law 1942 Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1941 Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor 1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1940 Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law 1940 British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure 1940 Denis Law, British soccer player 1939 GAI Schuijt, Dutch jurist, information law 1938 Diana Muldaur, New York City, actress, McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law 1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1938 German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery 1938 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses 1937 Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986- 1937 John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine 1937 Dutch Rail NV at law forms 1937 David Ward, president, Law Society 1936 Richard Gaskell, solicitor/president, Law Society 1936 Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1936 40 hour work week law approved 1936 Philip Ely, president, British Law Society 1936 Gary Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Burke's Law, Land of the Giants 1935 Jerry Ohrbach, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Law and Order, Dirty Dancing 1935 Social Security Act becomes law 1935 1st premature baby health law in U.S. (Chicago) 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1931 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies 1931 Sylvia Law, British town planner 1929 U.S. Immigration law of 1924 in effect 1929 Richard Dysart, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, actor, Leland MacKenzie-LA Law 1926 Railway Labor Act became law 1925 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress 1924 Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law 1924 President Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration 1924 Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 1923 Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law 1923 Andrew Bonar Law, English Prime Minister (C), dies at 64 1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law 1923 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law 1923 Draft law passes 1923 Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier 1923 New York state revokes Prohibition law 1923 New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 1923 Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company 1922 Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage 1922 New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" 1922 Steven Hill, born in Seattle, Washington, actor, Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order 1922 World Law Day, 1st celebrated 1922 Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor, All in the Family, LA Law 1921 Belgium's public library law goes into force 1921 Gene Barry, born in New York City, actor, Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law 1920 Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian 1920 Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day 1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law 1920 David Walker, Professor of Law, Glasgow University 1916 U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic 1915 Dutch accidents at sea law enforced 1915 Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law 1915 Nevada enforces convenient divorce law 1914 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier, KVP, Mammoth Law 1914 U.S. Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law 1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law 1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) 1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law 1913 1st U.S. law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed 1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND 1913 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon 1912 U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government 1912 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law 1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe) 1912 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 1911 Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord 1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1909 John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D 1908 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved 1907 Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1907 Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law 1907 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana 1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed 1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory 1903 Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1903 1st direct primary election law in U.S. adopted, by Wisconsin 1902 Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian 1902 Jack Ingram, Illinois, actor, 2 Stars, Law of the West, Roaring Westward 1902 Regis Toomey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction 1902 2nd statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon 1902 Dutch State Mine law forms 1901 Lev N. Lunts, Russia, writer, Outside the Law, City of Truth 1901 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70 1901 Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed 1900 President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin 1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1900 Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal 1900 Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry 1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law 1898 Martin David, German/Netherlands law historian 1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies 1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 1896 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1896 Fritz Eberhard, Hellmut Rauschenplat, W-German lawyer/resistor, Law 1895 Law Pendleton, U.S., wrestler/actor, Laughing Lady 1894 Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar 1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law 1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 1890 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. politician, Loan and Lease law 1890 Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law 1889 Belgium rules on women/child labor law 1889 Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S. 1887 Bernard Law Montgomery, British Soldier 1886 Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer, martial law 1886 Netherlands New Code of Criminal law enforced 1883 Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law 1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1879 H de Bie, Dutch lawyer, children's law 1879 Fritz Schulz, German law historian, Classical Novel Law 1878 Hastings College of Law founded 1878 Willem J M van Eysinga, Dutch international law jurist 1876 U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find 1874 Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1874 1st Chamber accept law against child labor 1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law 1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1874 Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge 1873 Ellen Anderson Glasgow, U.S., novelist, Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942 1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 1871 Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a U.S. collegiate law school 1871 1st fertilizer law enacted 1870 Fred Law Olmsted, Jr., architect/landscaper 1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1869 North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law 1869 Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law 1869 Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1868 President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1867 British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage 1865 1st U.S. cattle importation law passed 1864 Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law 1864 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer, Roman law 1864 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, Work Law of 1911 1863 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect 1862 Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate) 1862 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West 1858 Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister, C, 1922-23 1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1854 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 1853 Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1853 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar 1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1851 1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted, Maine 1850 Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 1848 1st pure food law enacted in U.S. 1845 Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris, Jr., 1st blacks to open law practice 1842 Notary Stamp Law passes 1842 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) 1838 Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 1838 Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden 1838 Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law, Nobel 1911 1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1836 Evander McIvor Law, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist, Stefan-Boltzmann law 1830 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist, law of Raoult 1829 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert 1823 Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park 1821 Earnest Angel, German statistician, Law of Angel 1819 U.S. passed its 1st immigration law 1815 Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law 1811 French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1808 Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law 1805 David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 1803 French law rules the use of intention 1803 Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison) 1802 Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 1799 1st U.S. law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts 1798 New conscription law goes into effect in France 1798 U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies" 1796 Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds 1793 France passes 1st copyright law 1793 1st U.S. fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves 1791 1st U.S. law school established at University of Pennsylvania 1791 Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, law of Biot and Savart 1790 U.S. copyright law enacted 1789 French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 1st U.S. congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths) 1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1787 George Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1781 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian 1777 Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist, View of Chemical Law 1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book 1766 Thomas Malthus, England, population expert, Law of Malthus 1761 William Law, theologian, dies 1760 New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine 1747 Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies 1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 1736 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist, formulated Coulomb's Law 1729 John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57 1712 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 1694 Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58 1672 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts 1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1656 U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1652 Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 1647 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law 1644 1st U.S. livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut 1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts 1636 1st code of law for Plymouth Colony 1636 In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st law drafted 1629 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia 1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia 1618 Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law 1583 Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law 1566 Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71 1552 Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician, defended common law 1275 Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies |
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