2015 Event Venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has successfully defended itself in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by former junior partner Ellen Pao; the case was monitored by Silicon Valley firms, which tend to be male-dominated 2011 Event The first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people is issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council 1997 Event Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits 1994 Event Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals 1983 Event Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned) 1983 Event U.S. District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 1980 Event U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1978 Event Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1974 Event Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application 1972 Event President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1971 Event State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination 1971 Event Washington State bans sex discrimination 1968 Event Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1966 Birthday Salma Hayek, born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, actress, Mexican national, most prominent Mexican figure in Hollywood, fights discrimination against immigrants 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1955 Event India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable 1951 Event NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 1946 Event U.S. Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1945 Event New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 1943 Event U.S. forbid racial discrimination in war industry 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination 1940 Event Black leaders protest discrimination in U.S. Armed Forces 1933 Event NAACP begins coordinated attack on segregation and discrimination
