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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1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule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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