* 1939 – World War II: U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.

The United States, concerned with events in Europe and Asia, passed the Neutrality Act in August.

* November 4 – WWII: U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons to non-belligerent nations.

Neutrality Act may refer to:

* Neutrality Act of 1794, outlaws military operations against nations with which the U. S. is at peace ; still in force in amended form

* Neutrality Act of 1818

He also declared a " moral embargo " against the belligerents, covering trade not falling under the Neutrality Act.

The Neutrality Act of 1936, passed in February of that year, renewed the provisions of the 1935 act for another 14 months.

The Neutrality Act of 1937, passed in May, included the provisions of the earlier acts, this time without expiration date, and extended them to cover civil wars as well.

Roosevelt invoked the provisions of the Neutrality Act but came before Congress and lamented that the Neutrality Acts may give passive aid to an aggressor.

He prevailed over the isolationists, and on November 4 the Neutrality Act of 1939 was passed, allowing for arms trade with belligerent nations on a cash-and-carry basis, thus in effect ending the arms embargo.

Furthermore, the Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 were repealed, American citizens and ships were barred from entering war zones designated by the President, and the National Munitions Control Board ( which had been created by the 1935 Neutrality Act ) was charged with issuing licenses for all arms imports and exports.

* Neutrality Act of August 31, 1935

* Neutrality Act of February 29, 1936

* Neutrality Act of November 4, 1939

Although the Washington Administration had declared that the treaty remained valid, President Washington's formal Proclamation of Neutrality, and the subsequent Neutrality Act of 1794, effectively invalidated the military provisions of the treaty and touched off a period of increasingly deteriorated relations between the two nations.

When Congress repealed the Neutrality Act in November 1939 to permit the selling of aircraft to the belligerents, Arnold became concerned that shipments of planes to the Allies slowed delivery to the Air Corps, particularly since control of the allotment of aircraft production had been given to the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department in December 1938, and by extension, to Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., a White House favorite.

The defendants face possible life prison terms for violation of the U. S. Neutrality Act and various weapons charges.

The America First Committee launched a petition aimed at enforcing the 1939 Neutrality Act and forcing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to keep his pledge to keep America out of the war.

Mackenzie went to the United States where he was arrested and charged under the Neutrality Act.

Purchases were then made by the Chinese under the " Cash and Carry " provision of the Neutrality Act of 1939.

He also found out that negotiations for the ending of the Armed Neutrality had started and so withdrew on 17 May.

In May the Neutrality Proclamation of May 13 was issued.

As U. S. Marshal for the Southern District of New York, during May – July 1869 Barlow prosecuted Cuban independence rebels for violating the Neutrality Act and disbanded the filibuster expeditions on the Perit, Quaker City, and Whiting steamers.

National Capital Freenet Executive Director ( 2002-2008 ) John Selwyn speaks at the Net Neutrality Rally, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, 27 May 2008

National Capital FreeNet DSL technicians Daniel Brousseau ( left, blue shirt ) and Anna ( right ) at the Net Neutrality Rally, Ottawa, 27 May 2008

On 27 May 2008, NCF staff and members attended the Net Neutrality rally on Parliament Hill, John Selwyn spoke at the rally and NCF made a submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission opposing Bell Canada's bandwidth throttling of DSL service, including NCF's.

* May 1, 1937: Neutrality Acts of 1937

**" John Bull ’ s Neutrality ", 1 November, 1862

The subsequent report completed in 1890 by the Neutrality Committee of 1888 ()— with Axel Rappe as one of its members — suggested that a credible neutrality required an increased defence of the north-eastern border and proposed a budget of 1. 3 million Swedish kronor, corresponding in today's money to around US $ 11 million ( as of 2011 ), for the construction of permanent fortifications in Boden.

On June 1, as the defeat of France loomed, President Roosevelt bypassed the Neutrality Act by declaring as " surplus " many millions of rounds of American ammunition and obsolescent small arms, and authorizing their shipment to the United Kingdom.

On September 1, 1945, or one day before the surrender documents of World War II were signed on September 2, 1945, after the denounciation of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact in April 1945 and the declaration of war on Japan on August 9, 1945 ( formally, the pact itself remained in effect until April 13, 1946 ), according to decisions of the Yalta Conference, Soviet Union annexed the Kuril Islands and the mainly disputed Northern territories, which Japanese government claims that they are not parts of Kuril Islands for historical reasons, and landed on the disputed island.

This work related to the Second League of Armed Neutrality 1800 – 1 and was undertaken at Lord Grenville's request, as Foreign Secretary, to represent the rights of belligerents from the British point of view.

The findings of the committee gave momentum to the non-interventionist movement and sparked the passage of the Neutrality Acts of 1930s, in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939.

Nye was instrumental in the development and adoption of the Neutrality Acts that were passed between 1935 and 1937.

Between 1936 and 1937, much to the dismay of the pro-British President Roosevelt, Congress passed the Neutrality Acts.

He supported the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937, and also every amendment aimed at making those acts more stringent.

In spite of powerful opposition the Draft Act finally passed Congress on May 17, 1917.

In May 1860 a significantly amended version of the Act was passed in both houses but was vetoed by President Buchanan.

In the Australian Capital Territory, the Act of Settlement was, on 11 May 1989, converted, from an act of the Parliament of England into an ACT enactment, by section 34 ( 4 ) of the Australian Capital Territory ( Self-Government ) Act 1988 ( Cwlth ), and then renamed The Act of Settlement 1700 by the Legislation Act 2001.

In a major May 1999 decision on " New Media ", the CRTC held that under the Broadcasting Act the CRTC had jurisdiction over certain content communicated over the internet including audio and video, but excluding content that is primarily alphanumeric such as emails and most webpages.

After the English Civil War and the execution of Charles I, the republic's existence was initially declared by " An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth " adopted by the Rump Parliament, on 19 May 1649.

The Rump had not agreed to its own dissolution when it was dispersed by Cromwell and legislation from the period immediately before the Civil War — the Act against dissolving the Long Parliament without its own consent ( 11 May 1641 ) -- gave them the legal basis for this view.

The Act became law in May 1854, establishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

The new Act of Supremacy became law on 8 May 1559.

The Hughes Amendment to the Firearm Owners Protection Act now prohibits United States civilian ownership or transfer of automatic weapons unless they were registered before May 19, 1986.

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 would have authorized indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, but enforcement of the relevant section was blocked by a federal court on May 16, 2012, ruling on a suit brought by a number of private citizens, including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, and Birgitta Jonsdottir.

The remaining effect of this act, which has largely been superseded by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, is the warning "* Warning: May be habit forming " on labels, package inserts, and other places where ingredients are listed in the case of many opioids, barbiturates, medicinal formulations of cocaine, and chloral hydrate.

By May 1914 the Bill had complied with the requirements set down by the Parliament Act 1911, allowing the government to force its enactment over the heads of the unionist-dominated House of Lords.

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26, 1830.

In May 2007, a bill entitled the " Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or STOCK Act " was introduced that would hold congressional and federal employees liable for stock trades they made using information they gained through their jobs and also regulate analysts or " Political Intelligence " firms that research government activities.

The Weights and Measures of Act of 1824 was initially scheduled to go into effect on 1 May, 1825.

Kipper time is the season in which fishing for salmon is forbidden in Great Britain, originally the period 3 May to 6 January, in the River Thames by an Act of Parliament.

The King himself being thereby implicated, and the Long Parliament passed the Triennial Act, also known as the Dissolution Act, in May 1641, to which the Royal Assent was readily granted.

* Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641

* Full text of the Act against Dissolving the Long Parliament without its own Consent 11 May 1641

1 May 1707 was the day the Act of Union came into effect, joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.