2015 Event France and the U.K. agree to share responsibility for taking in immigrants fleeing Syria and other conflict-ridden nations; France agrees to accept 24,000 people over the next two years, and the U.K. will accept 20,000 2015 Event Debt rating company Moody's downgrades Greece to a Caa3 rating after the country misses its $1.6 billion payment to the IMF; Greek citizens will vote July 5th on whether to accept austerity conditions in exchange for bailout funds 2015 Event The Greek Parliament votes in favor of holding a referendum on July 5th regarding whether the country should accept reforms in exchange for continued bailouts; current bailouts expire on June 30th, the day that a $1.8 billion debt payment is due 2014 Event The U.S. will accept and provide finances to the new Palestinian government, formed jointly by Fatah and Hamas; the U.S. labels Hamas a terrorist group but will monitor the new government's actions to ensure commitment to achieving peace with Israel 2014 Event Pope Francis invites Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to pray with him for peace; both leaders accept the invitation 2012 Event In Oslo, Norway, leaders of the European Union accept the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize 2012 Event A debate among EU commissioners on a proposal to accept a 40 percent quota for women on corporate boards is delayed until November 2012 2011 Event North Korea states is will accept all South Korean delegations who wish to pay their respects to the late leader Kim Jong-il 1998 Event New York Giant General Manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position 1995 Event Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26 1988 Event U.S. accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children 1987 Event NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike 1987 Event 163 day strike against Deere and Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1983 Event Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel 1981 Event Belgian Senate accept laws against racism 1979 Event NHL votes to accept 4 WHA teams (Oilers, Jets, Nordiques and Whalers) 1978 Event In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize 1971 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce 1971 Event Swiss men accept female suffrage 1971 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1967 Event Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy 1965 Event Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg 1964 Event U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights 1964 Event European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan 1963 Event Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1961 Event Spain accept equal rights for men and women 1960 Event San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard 1958 Event Calvin Griffith says Senators will prob accept offer to move to Minn 1955 Event Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce 1953 Event Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage 1951 Event Second Chamber accept plan-Schuman 1951 Event Egyptian parliament accept denounces Suez Canal Treaty 1950 Event South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1950 Event Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration 1949 Event Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia 1949 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty 1948 Event Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia 1945 Event Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter 1937 Event Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yankees release Tony Lazzeri 1935 Event Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 1933 Event Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor 1933 Event U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition 1932 Event U.S. railway unions accept 10% wage reduction 1931 Event Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage 1928 Event British parliament accept female sufferage 1928 Event U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1923 Event Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory 1920 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law 1920 Event British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law 1918 Event Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army 1917 Event Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military 1916 Event Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage 1916 Event U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence 1911 Event British house of commons accept Parliament Bill 1910 Event Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1903 Event President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1898 Event U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii 1893 Event State Colorado accept female suffrage 1884 Event U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act 1884 Event William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected" 1878 Event U.S. Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation 1874 Event 1st Chamber accept law against child labor 1864 Event Greek parliament accept new Constitution 1862 Event U.S. Army authorized to accept blacks as laborers 1836 Event British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death 1834 Event Belgian parliament accept railway laws 1814 Event Belgium King Willem I accept blame in Southern defeat 1797 Event Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks 1784 Event English parliament accept India Act 1762 Event British parliament accept Treaty of Paris 1749 Event British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1732 Event Parliament of Ratisborn accept Pragmatic Sanctions 1707 Event English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1697 Event English parliament accept army reduction 1688 Event Prince Willem III accept invitation of English crown to occupy 1682 Event Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1680 Event Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas 1679 Event English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill 1673 Event English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions 1662 Event Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 1645 Event English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance 1641 Event English king Charles I accept Triennial Act 1640 Event English Upper house accept Act of Attainder 1621 Event English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation 1588 Event French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League 1569 Event Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland 1553 Event King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles" 1534 Event Lubeck accept free Dutch ships into East Sea 1531 Event Kings Ferdinand of Austria/Janos Zapolyai of Hungary accept each other 1500 Event Pope Alexander VI accept Treaty of Granada 1322 Event Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence 1232 Event Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation
