2015 Event The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning artificial trans fats from all foods and beverages; the ban will go into effect in 2018 2014 Event The E.U. extends sanctions against Russia by banning oil and gas exploration, cruise ship activity, and investment in Russian-annexed Crimea, the annexation is considered illegitimate by E.U. member nations 2014 Event Russia counters sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union by banning all imports of dairy, fish, meat, fruit and vegetables; Ukrainian flights have also been prohibited from Russian air space 2014 Event The World Trade Organization upheld its November decision to continue banning European imports of seal products on the grounds of concern for the suffering of the hunted animals; the WTO is also reexamining its exception for indigenous hunters 2013 Event Harry Styles, the 19 year-old member of the band One Direction, wins a court order banning certain paparazzi from pursuing him on the street and from lingering outside his home 2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 2012 Event A law banning Americans from adopting Russian children is approved by Russia's parliament; the action is a respons to the U.S. Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act 2012 Event The U.S. court ruling banning the sale of Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is overturned, winning a round for Google's Android against Apple 2012 Event California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in that state was overturned by the U.S. States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2012 Event A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 2011 Event In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect 2011 Event A bill banning the abortion of a fetus more than 20 weeks old passes in the Idaho House of Representatives 1989 Event Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush 1984 Event U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI 1982 Event U.S. imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union 1971 Death Oliver F McGowan, actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64 1971 Death Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 1968 Event Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional 1967 Event U.S.S.R. ratifies treaty with England and U.S. banning nuclear weapons in space 1967 Event Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed 1963 Event Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., UK, U.S.S.R. 1963 Event U.S., U.S.S.R. and Great Britain agree to discuss banning nuclear testing 1948 Event California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages 1939 Birthday Petronella CM "Carletta" Banning, actress, Potasch and Perlemoer 1938 Event Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam 1907 Birthday Oliver F McGowan, Kipling AL, actor, Banning, Stagecoach 1888 Birthday Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist, Religious Build Up
