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2012 Event - U.S. Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, emboldened by the passage of a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution last month, declared marijuana legal for recreational use

2011 Event - In Taipei, protesters demand Taiwan's 200,000 foreign live-in caregivers receive the legal right to a weekly day off

1998 Event - Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich

1998 Death - Jay Monahan, lawyer, MSNBC legal analyst, dies at 42

1991 Event - Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police and can be held accountable

1990 Event - East and West Germany sign a treaty to join legal and political systems

1990 Event - South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference

1990 Event - New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case

1989 Event - Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals

1989 Event - U.S. Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting

1989 Event - Polish labor union granted legal status

1989 Event - Solidarity grants legal status in Poland

1983 Event - Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program

1978 Event - 1st legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City

1975 Event - Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation

1974 Event - Gold legal in U.S., Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin

1971 Event - 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)

1961 Event - Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender

1953 Event - Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation

1950 Event - U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation

1950 Death - Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54

1948 Event - Israeli pound becomes legal tender

1948 Birthday - Gareth Roscoe, legal adviser, BBC

1942 Event - U.S. Supreme Court declares Nevada separation legal

1942 Event - 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens

1941 Event - Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack

1939 Event - NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund

1934 Birthday - Arthur Miller, legal reporter

1933 Event - 1st 2 Nazi anti-Jewish laws, bars Jews from legal and public service

1933 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal

1929 Event - 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling and 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton

1927 Birthday - John Freeland, Legal advisor U.K. foreign office

1923 Event - Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere

1919 Event - 1st legal Sunday baseball game in New York City (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)

1919 Event - Giants play their 1st legal Sunday home game, 35,000 see Phils win 4-3

1918 Event - Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C.

1911 Birthday - Edward Levi, professor, Intro to Legal Reasoning

1906 Event - 1st legal forward pass (Brandbury Robinson to Jack Schneider)

1906 Death - William Dale, international legal consultant, dies

1887 Event - Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state

1878 Event - Silver dollar became U.S. legal tender

1866 Event - Gold coins from the Sydney Mint become legal tender in Canada

1866 Event - Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in U.S.

1857 Event - Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in U.S.

1763 Death - James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies

1749 Event - Georgia Colony reverses itself and rules slavery is legal

1586 Event - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt becomes Dutch chief legal advisor

311 Event - Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire













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