2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy law whereby those who insult the Prophet Muhammed receive the death penalty 1991 Event President F. W. de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws 1985 Event South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites 1970 Event Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1944 Event 1st Chinese naturalized U.S. citizen since repeal of exclusion acts 1933 Event House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition 1838 Event Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law