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** Fifteenth Amendment: ended the denial of suffrage based on race or prior condition of servitude
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** Fifteenth Day of the Seventh Moon ; this holiday was called All Saints ' Feast, developing from the legend of the bodhisattva savior Mulian who had discovered his mother paying for her sinful ways while in purgatory filled with hungry ghosts.
** Fifteenth Day of the Eighth Moon ; this festival ( today simply called the Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival ), took place in mid autumn, and was designated as a three day vacation for government officials.
** The U. S. Army Air Forces activate the Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean as a strategic air force.
** Balard, Michel, " Genoese Naval Forces in the Mediterranean During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries ", pp. 137 – 49
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** Thirteen years after its proposal and nearly 2 years after its passage by the United States Senate, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
** The Government of the United States authorizes the Twenty-fourth Amendment, outlawing the poll tax.
** New York Times Co. v Sullivan ( 376 US 254 1964 ): The United States Supreme Court rules that under the First Amendment, speech criticizing political figures cannot be censored.
** Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District: The U. S. Supreme Court rules that the First Amendment applies to public schools.
** In a national referendum related to abortion, voters in Ireland reject the proposed Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1992 ( Ireland ) but approve the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
** Prohibition begins in the United States with the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect.
** The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving blacks the right to vote, is ratified.
** The Blaine Act passes the United States Senate, submitting the proposed 21st Amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification.
:: Example: In the aftermath of the Civil War, there was an outpouring of discussion of the Second Amendment in Congress and in public discourse, as people debated whether ** 2810 and how to secure constitutional rights for newly free slaves.
** Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1968 — a failed attempt to amend the Irish constitution.
** The White House reserves judgement on the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as a " union of a man and a woman ", until Massachusetts legislature and San Francisco courts take further action.
** Local government ( Local Government Act 1858, Local Government Act ( 1858 ) Amendment Act 1861, Local Government Amendment Act 1863 )
** In Washington, D. C., The Bush administration reserves judgement on the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment to the U. S. Constitution until the Massachusetts legislature and San Francisco courts take further action.
** The United States Senate votes 48 – 50 against a procedural motion that would have ended debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment, effectively denying Senate approval this session.
** Voters in Hawaii approve Amendment 2, giving the Hawaii State Legislature the power to restrict marriage to mixed-sex couples.
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** Nazarov was Dictator of the Don Republic ( which before, since its founding on 2 December 1917 at Novocherkassk, had been governed by a Triumvirate including the last pre-Soviet Ataman, Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin ) from 11 February 1918 till 25 February 1918 when Bolshevik troops ended their existence
** Czechoslovakia beats West Germany 5 – 3 on penalties to win Euro 76, when the game had ended 2 – 2 after extra time.
** A failed coup attempt against President of Haiti Prosper Avril leads to a standoff between mutinous troops and the government which ended on April 10 with the government regaining control of the country.
** Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Roman consul, politician and general whose victory over the Macedonians in the Battle of Pydna has ended the Third Macedonian War ( b. c. 229 BC )
** Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Roman statesman and general, famous for his victory over the Carthaginian leader Hannibal in the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, which has ended the Second Punic War and given him the surname Africanus ( b. 236 BC )
** Edith Ann – A child who ended each of her short monologues with: " And that's the truth ", followed by " Pbbbt!
** Santa Cruz de la Sierra ( Viru Viru International Airport ) on behalf of AeroSur to Miami ) Service ended mid-2010
** 1966 – 12 October 1968 Víctor Suances Díaz del Río ; his term ended when it became an independent republic
** His legitimate male line ended with the death in 1499 of his only son Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick.
** holding an open ended buoy above the primary demand valve and direct several exhalations up into the open end of the buoy.
** The game ended with police riot squads on top of both dugouts in an obvious attempt to keep fans away from the players.
** When this building was demolished in 1958, Bitter's three caryatids ended up at Holliday Park in Indianapolis, Indiana after some debate about sending them to Vienna, Austria.
** The first confrontation between what are considered the two most popular teams in Mexico ended with a victory for Guadalajara with a score of 1 – 0. The rivalry began to flourish after the second match when Club América defeated Chivas de Guadalajara with a score of 7 – 2.
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