2014 Event NFL player Ray Rice will be allowed to resume playing in the league; Rice was suspended in July after video surfaced in which he knocked out his fiancee (now wife) by punching her in an elevator 2014 Event The Church of England announces that it has changed its rules to allow female bishops; the church has allowed female priests for the last 20 years but has not allowed women to serve in higher positions until now 2014 Event U.S. air strikes, in combination with Kurdish forces, pushed back an assault by Islamic State militants upon Yazidi minorities trapped on Mt. Sinjar in Iraq; the action allowed thousands to escape 2013 Event An experimental privacy feature on Google's Android mobile software is removed, raising objections from the Electronic Frontier Foundation; the feature allowed users to block apps from collecting personal information such as a user's location and address book data 2013 Event Congressional Republicans and the Obama administration agree that Town councils should be allowed to open their meetings with a Christian prayer 2013 Event The upper house of the U.K. approves of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill; starting in 2014, gay marriage will be allowed in England and Wales 2010 Event Queen Elizabeth II launches a page on Facebook; no one is allowed to 'poke' or 'befriend' her 2010 Event Google's internet content provider license is renewed by China; the company is allowed to continue operating in the country 2010 Event After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters 2010 Event President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for 'alien troops' to leave and suggests that the regional nations be allowed to settle things themselves 1997 Event ABL players allowed to own stock in the league 1988 Event Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) 1977 Event Communist party in Spain allowed legally after 40 years 1972 Event Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire 1970 Event AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed 1949 Event Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) 1945 Event Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time 1942 Event 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out 1938 Event Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany 1933 Event Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing) 1916 Event Women are allowed to attend a boxing match 1893 Event U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea 1858 Event U.S. citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan 1850 Event Slave trade abolished in DC, but slavery allowed to continue
