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| 1766 | The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act that was so hated by the American colonists, but the news did not reach the colonies for nearly two months. Then they pass the Declaratory Act which proclaimed the right of Britain to control the colonies.
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| 1831 | The Supreme Court rules, in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, that an Indian tribe may not sue in federal courts since the tribes are not foreign nations. [The Indians learn about "Catch 22"!]
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| 1937 | The Mexican government seized the properties of the U.S. and British oil companies, valued at $450 million.
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| 1938 | Nazi Weapons Law passed. The new, tougher, gun control law, revising several earlier versions, ensured that only Nazis and their friends could own or carry weapons, especially handguns. Enforcement of the law was greatly facilitated by the requirement for a National ID card.
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| 1938 | Mexico nationalizes her petroleum industry.
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| 1963 | U.S. Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright, rules that indigent defendants must be offered free legal counsel in all criminal prosecutions.
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| 1970 | The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the Post Office Department began with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan, soon involving 210,000 of the nation's 750,000 postal employees. President Nixon (R) declared a state of national emergency and assigned military units to New York City post offices. The stand-off ended two weeks later.
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| 1996 | In Hopwood v. University of Texas Law School, the 5th U.S. Court of Appeals suspended the university's affirmative action admissions program and ruled that the 1978 Bakke decision was invalid. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the ruling to stand and in 1997, the Texas Attorney General announced that all "Texas public universities [should] employ race-neutral criteria."
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