| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1861 | United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state. |
| 1916 | Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control. |
| 1945 | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D), Russian Prime Minister Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill agree at Yalta to establish a body devoted to fostering international peace. |
| 1971 | The United States and Russia sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons testing in the oceans. |
| 1979 | The bloody Iranian revolution begins and the U.S. & British installed Shah's reign is over. |
| 1990 | Nelson Mandela released after twenty-seven years in South African prisons. Later, he becomes the president! |
| 1993 | Janet Reno is appointed Attorney General for the U.S. after two previous nominees were rejected. |
| 1997 | In Gobles, Michigan, fifteen-year-old Amber Nash is suspended for bringing a kitchen knife to school so she could cut a batch of brownies for a friend's birthday. |
| 2011 | Egypt: After tens of thousands people take to the streets across Egypt in angry protests, Hosni Mubarak resigns as president and hands over power to the army. |
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