2014 Event Russian President Vladimir Putin says that he will step down when he has reached constitutional term limits; Putin has served as either president or prime minister continually since the year 2000 and may run for a final presidential term in 2018 2014 Event An independence referendum for the Spanish region of Catalonia has been cancelled after the nation's constitutional court accepted the case for legal decision, effectively suspending the move until a ruling is given 2014 Event The Spanish region of Catalonia plans to hold a referendum on independence; the Spanish government is moving to challenge the legality of such a move in the nation's Constitutional Court 2013 Event A ban on fracking is upheld by the Constitutional Council of France 2012 Event The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2012 Event Voters in Alexandria, Egypt clash during the evening of the second voting session on the highly charged constitutional referendum 2012 Event In Egypt, one hundred thousand people gather around the Presidential palace to protest proposed constitutional changes by Mohamed Morsi, the President of Egypt 2010 Event Rallies protesting constitutional abuses by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin are held in Moscow, Russia 1996 Event South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution 1992 Event Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes 1990 Event Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional 1985 Event Mauritania's new constitutional charter published 1981 Event Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1970 Event Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional 1962 Event Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy 1960 Event American Samoa sets up a constitutional government 1951 Event Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy 1947 Event Japan forms a constitutional democracy 1936 Birthday Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation 1914 Birthday French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer 1906 Event Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy 1889 Event Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting 1868 Event Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin 1868 Event Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee 1868 Event North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh 1868 Event South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority 1868 Event Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock 1868 Event Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson 1863 Death Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies 1861 Event Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy 1849 Event California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey 1849 Event California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey 1849 Event Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy 1848 Event Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria 1813 Event Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy 1809 Event Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established 1808 Birthday Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark, 1848-63 1787 Event Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate 1787 Event Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding
