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1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1991 Iraq rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosi Mubarak 1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1989 Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary 1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools 1984 California Supreme Court rejects quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia, who wants to starve herself to death in a public hospital 1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein 1980 Iran rejects a call to World Court to release U.S. hostages 1978 Israeli government rejects Sadat's call for return of 2 Sinai areas 1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market 1971 President Nixon rejects 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus 1970 Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court 1969 Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage 1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers," they go on to become The Who 1962 Senate rejects medicare for aged 1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles 1957 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it 1953 U.S. Senate rejects China PR membership to U.N. 1953 AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St. Louis Browns to Baltimore 1944 South Carolina rejects black suffrage 1937 Senate rejects Franklin D.. Roosevelt proposal to enlarge Supreme Court 1925 Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism 1923 Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote) 1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent 1923 U.S. Senate rejects membership in International Court of Justice, The Hague 1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent 1920 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy) 1919 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations 1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote 1914 Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army 1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage 1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote 1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill 1912 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming 1910 Belgian parliament rejects socialist motion for general voting rights 1909 University of Coopenhagen rejects Cook's claim that he was 1st to North Pole 1905 Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands 1867 Brit parliament rejects John Stuart Mills law on women suffrage 1866 U.S. Congress rejects presidential veto gives all equal rights in US 1861 Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1784 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it

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