2015 Event The Japanese Diet enacts a defense policy allowing the nation's troops to aid allies in conflicts that also threaten Japan; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe supports the law, but it is opposed by many who wish to maintain the country's pacifist constitution 2015 Event The Confederate flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol grounds after the state government enacted a law to permanently remove it; the flag, part of U.S. Civil War history, is viewed by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, supports removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds; however, the state legislature must first overturn a law requiring the flag to be flown at the Confederate Soldier Monument 2015 Event Myanmar President Thein Sein implements a population control law requiring women to wait three years between children; critics believe the law can be used to oppress women as well as minority religion and ethnic populations in the country 2015 Event In response to terrorist dangers such as the January shootings at French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', the French National Assembly passes a law to expand the government's surveillance powers; critics warn that the act will violate civil liberties 2015 Event France has outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period of time before and during a modeling job; the law aims to prevent promotion of anorexia among models and people who emulate them 2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama states that he did not know that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton solely used a personal email address for government business, possibly violating federal law; Clinton served under Obama for four years 2014 Event In light of recent separatist elections, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko seeks to nullify a law that gave greater autonomy to rebel regions; Ukraine does not recognize the election results and will hold national elections as planned in December 2014 Event A U.S. lawsuit against IBM and Ford Motor Company, seeking damages for the companies' transactions with the former apartheid government, has been dismissed; the transactions were conducted by foreign units and are not under jurisdiction of U.S. law 2014 Event U.S. Congress votes to sue the Obama administration, claiming that the president overstepped his authority by independently delaying a provision of the Obamacare law without seeking required congressional approval 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin bans cursing in creative works and media outlets, with fines on individuals and companies for using bad language; the stated purpose of the law is to protect Russian language and culture 2014 Event Union backers and California legislators are seeking to raise the state's minimum wage to $13 per hour; Governor Jerry Brown ratified a law only 8 months ago to raise the wage to $10 an hour by 2016 2014 Event U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizes Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, for legislation he signed last week to ban same-sex marriage and criminalize gay rights groups and their activities; the law includes penalties of up to 14 years imprisonment 2014 Event Colorado's recreational marijuana stores open for business; voters approved the landmark law to legalize the sale of marijuana in 2012 2013 Event The public learns about AT&T's The Hemisphere Project, which gives telephone call data to law enforcement agencies, including the DEA 2013 Event Lakhdar Brahimi, UN Special Envoy to Syria, says international law states that any action in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons must be decided by the UN Security Council 2013 Event The U.N. Human Rights Office determine it is a violation of international law to force-feed hunger strikers at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison 2013 Event Russia enacts a law that bans smoking in schools and on subways 2012 Event The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act is signed into law by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III 2012 Event A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012 Event A customary law which prevented women from inheriting their family home, is overturned by the high court of Botswana 2012 Event The Japanese Coast Guard reports six Chinese Marine Surveillance ships are sighted near the disputed Senkaku Islands; China claims the 'two surveillance ship fleets' are in waters around the islands for purposes of 'patrols and law enforcement' 2012 Event Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's President, signs a controversial law concerning the status of 18 languages as regional and minority languages; the law allows officials in Russian-speaking regions of the country to use Russian in documents and at public events 2012 Event Patent law disputes between Samsung and Apple deadlock as the dispute addresses valuation of each other's patents 2012 Event A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 2011 Event Riots in England continue; Prime Minister David Cameron hires U.S. law enforcement officer Bill Bratton to advise on dealing with gang-related violence 2011 Event New York becomes the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Andrew Cuomo signs the New York State Marriage Equality Law 2011 Event After days of protests, martial law is declared in Xilinhot, a city located in Inner Mongolia 2011 Event In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy law whereby those who insult the Prophet Muhammed receive the death penalty 2010 Event The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, says cultural genocide is happening as a result of the Chinese law requiring Mandarin as the language of instruction in Tibetan schools 2010 Event Indonesian rights groups applaud the end of a Suharto-era law that bans books deemed 'offensive' or a 'threat to public order' 2008 Event President George W. Bush signs the 700 billion dollar TARP program into law 2004 Death Jerry Orbach, actor, Law and Order, dies at 69 1998 Event Supreme Court lets Megan's Law stand 1998 Event U.S. district judge T. Hogan declares line-item veto law unconstitutional 1997 Event California law ends affirmative-action 1997 Event Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law 1997 Event Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law 1996 Death 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in U.S. this year 1996 Death Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord, dies at 85 1995 Death Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72 1994 Event Final Episode of LA Law after 8 year run 1994 Event Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect 1993 Death C Northcote Parkinson, English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies 1992 Death Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71 1992 Death Vincent Gardenia, actor (Moonstruck, LA Law), dies at 71 1992 Death John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1992 Event Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye 1991 Event Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriat comments to her 1991 Death Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now, Burke's Law), dies at 93 1991 Event 43rd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig 1991 Event Soviet parliament approves law allowing citizens to travel abroad 1991 Event Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs 1990 Event Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations 1990 Event 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig 1990 Event 42nd Emmy Awards - LA Law and Murphy Brown win 1990 Event Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1990 Event Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional 1990 Death David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 1990 Event Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies 1990 Event Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations 1990 Event Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody 1990 Event China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) 1989 Event Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush 1989 Death Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1989 Event 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win 1989 Event China declares martial law in Beijing 1989 Event Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy 1989 Event Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court 1988 Event LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays 1988 Event Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1988 Death Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69 1988 Event Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional 1987 Death Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 1987 Event 39th Emmy Awards: LA Law, Bruce Willis and Sharon Gless wins 1987 Event Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law 1986 Event 1st broadcast of "LA Law" on NBC-TV 1986 Event Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law 1986 Event Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1985 Event Supreme Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law 1985 Event Laura Johnson (Falcon Crest) and Harry Hamlin (LA Law) wed 1985 Event U.S.'s 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect in New York 1983 Event Poland's Prime Minister Januzelski lifts martial law 1983 Event Polish government ends 19 months of martial law 1982 Event Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1982 Event "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39 1982 Event Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland 1981 Event Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists 1980 Event US's copyright law amended to include computer programs 1980 Event Afghanistan declares martial law 1980 Event Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski 1979 Event Supreme Court strikes down (6-3) Pennsylvania law requiring doctors performing an abortion to try to preserve lives of potentially viable fetuses 1978 Event Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect 1978 Event President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1977 Event Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law 1976 Event 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law 1976 Event Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau) 1975 Death Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 1975 Event Italy broadens abortion law 1975 Death Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78 1974 Event Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application 1974 Birthday Ty Law, NFL cornerback for the New England Patriots 1974 Death Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 1973 Event President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Death Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82 1973 Event President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law 1972 Birthday Jude Law, born in Lewisham, England, actor, producer, director, Academy Award nominee for movie 'Cold Mountain' 1972 Event Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law 1972 Event Marcos declares martial law in Philippines 1971 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1970 Event International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule 1970 Event California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law 1969 Death Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1968 Birthday Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1968 Event West German Parliament accepts emergency crisis law 1968 Event Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1968 Event Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law 1967 Death James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61 1967 Event James Law rides entire New York City subway in 22 hours 12 minutes 1967 Event Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1967 Event Martial Law goes into effect in Greece 1966 Death 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 Event Supreme Court rules 1879 Connecticut law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional 1965 Event Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1964 Event Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1964 Birthday Blair Underwood, Tacomma Wash, actor, Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident 1964 Birthday Debi Mazar, born in Queens, New York, actress, Civil Wars, Little Man Tate, LA Law 1964 Event President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law 1964 Event U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights 1964 Birthday 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 Event Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Event Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1963 Event John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women 1963 Death Al St. John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70 1962 Birthday Amanda Donohoe, born in London, actress, CJ Lamb-LA Law 1961 Event President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) 1961 Event Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery 1960 Event Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award 1958 Birthday Gary Oldman, actor, Sid and Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace 1958 Birthday 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 Death Frederick Law Olmsted, U.S. architect (Central Park), dies at 87 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 Death Norma Talmadge, U.S. actress (Within the Law), dies 1957 Death Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78 1957 Birthday Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress, Abby Perkins-LA Law 1956 Birthday Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer, Oughta be a Law 1956 Birthday Anita Hill, professor of law, Clarence Thomas' nemesis 1955 Event Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH 1955 Birthday Jimmy Smits, born in Brooklyn, actor, Victor-LA Law, Running Scared, New YorkPD Blue 1955 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law 1954 Birthday Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, Arnie Becker-LA Law 1954 Birthday Corbin Bernsen, born in North Hollywood, California, actor, LA Law 1954 Event School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education 1954 Birthday Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law 1952 Birthday Susan Hallock Dey, Illinois, actress, 1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law 1952 Birthday Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law 1951 Birthday Harry Hamlin, born in Pasadena, California, actor, Michael Kuzak - L.A. Law 1951 Birthday K K Downing, rock guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1951 Birthday Alan Rosenberg, actor, Civil Wars, LA Law, Cybill 1951 Birthday Steven Seagal, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Above the Law, Hard to Kill 1950 Birthday Sam Behrens, actor, Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law 1950 Event Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1950 Event Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) 1950 Birthday Mitchel Laurance, actor, LA Law, Not Necessarily the News 1949 Birthday Susan Ruttan, born in Oregon City Ore, actress, Roxanne Melman-LA Law 1948 Birthday 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 Event Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) 1947 Birthday Glenn Tipton, rock guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1947 Birthday Alan Rachins, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, Douglas-LA Law 1947 Birthday A Martinez, born in Glendale California, actor, Whiz Kids, LA Law, Santa Barbara 1947 Birthday Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc 1947 Birthday Jill Eikenberry, New Haven, Connecticut, Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project 1946 Birthday John Spencer, actor, Tommy Mullanney-LA Law 1946 Birthday Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1946 Death Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 1946 Birthday Silvio Blatter, born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, writer, teacher, works include, 'Das sanfte Gesetz' or 'The soft law' 1945 Birthday George Dzunda, born in Rosenheim, Germany, actor, Deer Hunter, Law and Order 1945 Birthday Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 Birthday John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society 1944 Birthday Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1944 Birthday Michael Tucker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Stuart Markowitz-LA Law 1943 Birthday Steven Bochco, prod, Hill St. Blues, LA Law, St. Elsewhere, New YorkPD Blue 1943 Birthday Conchata Ferrell, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actress, Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law 1942 Birthday 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 Birthday Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1940 Event Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law 1940 Event British government signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure 1940 Birthday Denis Law, British soccer player 1939 Birthday GAI Schuijt, Dutch jurist, information law 1938 Birthday Diana Muldaur, New York City, actress, McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law 1938 Event Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1938 Event German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery 1938 Event 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses 1937 Birthday Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986- 1937 Birthday John Phillip Law, Hollywood, actor, Barbarella, Love Machine 1937 Event Dutch Rail NV at law forms 1937 Birthday David Ward, president, Law Society 1936 Birthday Richard Gaskell, solicitor/president, Law Society 1936 Birthday 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 Event 40 hour work week law approved 1936 Birthday Philip Ely, president, British Law Society 1936 Birthday Gary Conway, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Burke's Law, Land of the Giants 1935 Birthday Jerry Ohrbach, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Law and Order, Dirty Dancing 1935 Event Social Security Act becomes law 1935 Event 1st premature baby health law in U.S. (Chicago) 1933 Event Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports 1933 Event Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 Event National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1931 Death Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies 1931 Birthday Sylvia Law, British town planner 1929 Event U.S. Immigration law of 1924 in effect 1929 Birthday Richard Dysart, born in Brighton, Massachusetts, actor, Leland MacKenzie-LA Law 1926 Event Railway Labor Act became law 1925 Event 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress 1924 Birthday Benoit Mandelbrot, Warsaw Poland, mathematician, proved Zipf's law 1924 Event President Coolidge signs Immigration law: restricting immigration 1924 Death Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 1923 Birthday Robert Francis Vere Heuston, British professor of law 1923 Death Andrew Bonar Law, English Prime Minister (C), dies at 64 1923 Event 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law 1923 Event England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law 1923 Event Draft law passes 1923 Event Stanley Baldwin succeeds Andrew Bonar Law as British premier 1923 Event New York state revokes Prohibition law 1923 Event New Egyptian law allows suffrage for men, except soldiers 1923 Birthday Douglas Wass, CEO, Equity and Law Life Assurance Company 1922 Event Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage 1922 Event New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" 1922 Birthday Steven Hill, born in Seattle, Washington, actor, Goddess, Raw Deal, Yentl, Law and Order 1922 Event World Law Day, 1st celebrated 1922 Birthday Vincent Gardenia, Naples Italy, actor, All in the Family, LA Law 1921 Event Belgium's public library law goes into force 1921 Birthday Gene Barry, born in New York City, actor, Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law 1920 Birthday Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian 1920 Event Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day 1920 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law 1920 Birthday David Walker, Professor of Law, Glasgow University 1916 Event U.S. declares martial law in Dominican Republic 1915 Event Dutch accidents at sea law enforced 1915 Event Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law 1915 Event Nevada enforces convenient divorce law 1914 Birthday Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier, KVP, Mammoth Law 1914 Event U.S. Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law 1913 Event President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law 1913 Event Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) 1913 Event British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law 1913 Event 1st U.S. law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed 1913 Event 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND 1913 Event 1st minimum wage law in U.S. takes effect in Oregon 1912 Event U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government 1912 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law 1912 Event Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe) 1912 Event Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 1911 Event North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 1911 Birthday Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord 1911 Event Belgian Mining law introduces 9 -hour work day 1910 Event 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed 1910 Birthday 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 Birthday John Beal, Joplin, Missouri, actor, 10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D 1908 Event 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved 1907 Birthday Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1907 Birthday Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law 1907 Event 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana 1906 Event Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory 1903 Death Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1903 Event 1st direct primary election law in U.S. adopted, by Wisconsin 1902 Birthday Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian 1902 Birthday Jack Ingram, Illinois, actor, 2 Stars, Law of the West, Roaring Westward 1902 Birthday Regis Toomey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction 1902 Event 2nd statewide initiative and referendum law adopted, in Oregon 1902 Event Dutch State Mine law forms 1901 Birthday Lev N. Lunts, Russia, writer, Outside the Law, City of Truth 1901 Death Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70 1901 Event Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed 1900 Event President Steyn/General De Law escape Brandwater Basin 1900 Event Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1900 Event German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1900 Event Boer general Christian de Law occupiers British train depot Roodewal 1900 Event Piet de Law captures Lt-colonel Spragges Irish Yeomanry 1900 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law 1898 Birthday Martin David, German/Netherlands law historian 1897 Death Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies 1896 Death Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 1896 Event 1st U.S. absentee voting law enacted by Vermont 1896 Birthday Fritz Eberhard, Hellmut Rauschenplat, W-German lawyer/resistor, Law 1895 Birthday Law Pendleton, U.S., wrestler/actor, Laughing Lady 1894 Birthday Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar 1894 Event New York passes 1st state dog license law 1892 Death Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74 1890 Birthday Harry L Hopkins, U.S. politician, Loan and Lease law 1890 Event Austrian Jewish communities are defined by law 1889 Event Belgium rules on women/child labor law 1889 Event Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S. 1887 Birthday Bernard Law Montgomery, British Soldier 1886 Birthday Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer, martial law 1886 Event Netherlands New Code of Criminal law enforced 1883 Event Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law 1882 Event Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1879 Birthday H de Bie, Dutch lawyer, children's law 1879 Birthday Fritz Schulz, German law historian, Classical Novel Law 1878 Event Hastings College of Law founded 1878 Birthday Willem J M van Eysinga, Dutch international law jurist 1876 Event U.S. law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find 1874 Event Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force 1874 Event 1st Chamber accept law against child labor 1874 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law 1874 Event New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1874 Birthday Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian, Grundzuge 1873 Birthday Ellen Anderson Glasgow, U.S., novelist, Ancient Law, Pulitzer-1942 1873 Event Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor 1871 Event Phoebe Couzins is 1st woman graduate of a U.S. collegiate law school 1871 Event 1st fertilizer law enacted 1870 Birthday Fred Law Olmsted, Jr., architect/landscaper 1870 Event Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1869 Event North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1869 Event Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law 1869 Event Louisiana governor signs public accommodations law 1869 Event Tennessee Governor W. C. Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1868 Event President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1867 Event British parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage 1865 Event 1st U.S. cattle importation law passed 1864 Event Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law 1864 Birthday Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer, Roman law 1864 Birthday Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, Work Law of 1911 1863 Event 1st wartime conscription law in U.S. goes into effect 1862 Event Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate) 1862 Event Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West 1858 Birthday Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister, C, 1922-23 1855 Event Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional 1854 Death Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 1853 Event Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land 1853 Birthday Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar 1852 Event Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law 1851 Event 1st U.S. alcohol prohibition law enacted, Maine 1850 Event Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 1848 Event 1st pure food law enacted in U.S. 1845 Event Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris, Jr., 1st blacks to open law practice 1842 Event Notary Stamp Law passes 1842 Event 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass) 1838 Event Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 1838 Event Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden 1838 Birthday Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law, Nobel 1911 1838 Event Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1836 Birthday Evander McIvor Law, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1835 Birthday Josef Stefan, Austria, physicist, Stefan-Boltzmann law 1830 Birthday Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist, law of Raoult 1829 Birthday Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert 1823 Event Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1822 Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1822 Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted, architect/writer, designed Central Park 1821 Birthday Earnest Angel, German statistician, Law of Angel 1819 Event U.S. passed its 1st immigration law 1815 Event Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law 1811 Event French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1808 Event Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law 1805 Birthday David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1804 Event Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 1803 Event French law rules the use of intention 1803 Event Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury vs. Madison) 1802 Event Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1801 Event Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 1799 Event 1st U.S. law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts 1798 Event New conscription law goes into effect in France 1798 Event U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies" 1796 Event Game protection law restricts encroachment on Indian hunting grounds 1793 Event France passes 1st copyright law 1793 Event 1st U.S. fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves 1791 Event 1st U.S. law school established at University of Pennsylvania 1791 Birthday Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, law of Biot and Savart 1790 Event U.S. copyright law enacted 1789 Event French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 Event 1st U.S. congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths) 1787 Event Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1787 Birthday George Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1787 Birthday Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1781 Birthday Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian 1777 Birthday Hans Christian Oersted, Den, physicist/chemist, View of Chemical Law 1776 Birthday Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book 1766 Birthday Thomas Malthus, England, population expert, Law of Malthus 1761 Death William Law, theologian, dies 1760 Event New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine 1747 Death Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies 1743 Death Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 1736 Birthday Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist, formulated Coulomb's Law 1729 Death John Law, Scottish financier, dies at about 57 1712 Death Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 1694 Death Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58 1672 Event 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts 1664 Event Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1656 Event U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1652 Event New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1652 Event Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal 1647 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law 1644 Event 1st U.S. livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut 1642 Event 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts 1636 Event In Massachusetts the Plymouth Colony's 1st law drafted 1629 Event 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia 1623 Event 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia 1618 Event Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law 1583 Birthday Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law 1566 Death Suleiman I, Great Law Giver, sultan of Turkey (1520-66), dies at 71 1552 Birthday Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician, defended common law 1275 Death Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies
