1996 Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte)
1993 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
1992 Slovak parliament asks for self rule
1991 Dictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending 22 year rule
1989 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu
1989 Hungary proclaims itself a republic and declares communist rule ended
1989 U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate
1986 NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)
1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials
1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule
1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
1979 Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
1978 Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule
1976 Ja Rule, American Musician
1975 Cape Verde Is gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
1975 Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate
1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1973 Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule
1973 Chicago's Cy Acosta is 1st AL pitcher to bat since DH rule (strikeout)
1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule
1972 Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
1971 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule
1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
1966 Sandra Spuzich/Jack Rule wins Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Foursome Golf
1962 Jamaica becomes independent after 300 years of British rule
1962 Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule
1961 Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time
1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule
1954 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule
1954 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule
1954 Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
1953 New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
1952 Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid
1951 AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule and lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
1951 Supreme Court rule "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest
1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule
1950 American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense)
1946 Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities
1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
1943 NFL adopts free substitution rule
1935 Ann Rule, American Writer
1934 NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
1931 Janice Rule, born in Norwood, Ohio, actress, Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife
1931 Jane Rule, Canadian Author
1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book
1930 Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1928 Margaret Rule, consultant, Mary Rose Trust
1921 Joel Asaph Allen, U.S. zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83
1920 King George V signs Home Rule Act
1920 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law
1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland)
1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent
1914 Armed resistance against British rule begins in Ulster
1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1912 US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
1896 Jose Mercado Rizal, anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies
1891 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1877 Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75
1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland
1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member
1845 1st baseball team, New York Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
1838 Joel Asaph Allen, U.S. zoologist, Rule of Allen
1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book
1815 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
1810 Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event
1801 Antoine A. Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician, rule of Cournot
1783 Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule
1779 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame/inventor, slide rule, pocket chessboard
1778 Thomas A Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia), dies at 67
1765 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1761 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
1710 Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia
1700 James Thomson, songwriter, Rule Britannia
1694 Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32
1657 Imre Thokoly, Hungary, patriot, opposed Habsburg rule
1647 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples
1640 Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1574 William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor, slide rule
1554 Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
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