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1994 New York Supreme Court refuses Howard Stern's non financial disclosure 1988 U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Yonkers argument they aren't racist 1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House 1985 Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons 1982 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize 1977 NHL refuses merger of 6 WHA clubs 1977 Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee 1973 AL President Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees 1973 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington D.C. 1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation 1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire 1968 US Soccer Football Assoc refuses to let NASL disband 1968 France refuses U.K. entry into common market 1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa 1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title 1967 Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali 1965 General Meeting of United Nations refuses admittance of China PR 1964 French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1962 Gov R Barnett refuses to admit a black to Miss Univ (James Meredith) 1958 Boris Pasternak refuses Nobel prize for literature 1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons 1956 Great Britain refuses to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam 1956 PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) 1956 University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) 1956 Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad 1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR 1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple 1952 Dutch government refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian) 1951 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio 1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women 1946 University of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game 1946 Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican League, he refuses 1945 Gerbrandy British government refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy 1941 Governor-General Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees 1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees 1938 K B Regiment refuses round-table conference in East-India 1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing 1934 VARA refuses to hire after commemoration of Marinus Van de Lubbe 1933 Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds 1932 Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor 1929 President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I 1926 Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith" 1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement 1924 Netherlands refuses to recognize U.S.S.R. 1923 Beierse government refuses to prohibit NSDAP newspaper Volkischer Beobachter 1923 U.S. foreign minister Charles Hughes refuses U.S.S.R. recognition 1923 Bavarian minister of Interior refuses to forbid Nazi SA 1921 League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians 1915 US President Wilson refuses to prohibit immigration of illiterates 1914 Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty 1894 Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play 1892 Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1884 William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle 1829 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses 1797 Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks 1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto 1657 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown 1585 Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands 1556 Pope Paul IV refuses to crown Ferdinand of Austria emperor 1555 English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king 1250 Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue 1124 Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)

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