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2012 Event - A U.S. gene sequencing company, Illumina, adopts a poison pill strategy, fighting against a hostile big by Roche Holding

1996 Event - South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution

1991 Event - NHL adopts instant-replay and tenth of second clock in final minute

1991 Event - U.N. Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution

1989 Event - Chad adopts its Constitution

1988 Event - Brazil adopts its Constitution

1988 Event - South Korea adopts constitution

1987 Event - Ethiopia adopts constitution

1987 Event - WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format

1987 Event - National Federation of High School adopts college 3 point shot (21 feet)

1987 Event - Philippines adopts constitution

1986 Event - Central African Republic adopts constitution

1986 Event - NCAA adopts 3-point basketball rule (19 feet 9 inch distance)

1986 Event - NFL adopts instant replay rule

1985 Event - Sudan adopts interim constitution

1985 Event - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) adopts constitution

1985 Event - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution

1985 Event - Guatemala adopts constitution

1985 Event - French government adopts equal electoral system

1984 Event - South Africa adopts constitution

1984 Event - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution

1984 Event - Tanzania adopts constitution

1983 Event - El Salvador adopts constitution

1983 Event - Haiti adopts constitution

1983 Event - Netherlands adopts constitution

1982 Event - China adopts its constitution

1982 Event - Turkey adopts constitution

1982 Event - Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution

1982 Event - Guinea adopts constitution

1982 Event - Canada adopts its constitution

1982 Event - Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution

1982 Event - Honduras adopts constitution

1981 Event - Burundia adopts its constitution

1981 Event - Cambodia adopts its constitution

1981 Event - Palau adopts constitution

1980 Event - Vietnam adopts constitution

1980 Event - Guyana adopts constitution

1980 Event - Chile adopts its constitution

1980 Event - Cape Verde adopts its constitution

1980 Event - Peru adopts constitution, Fernando Belaunde Terry becomes president

1979 Event - Togo adopts constitution

1979 Event - Zimbabwe adopts constitution

1979 Event - Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president

1979 Event - Ghana adopts constitution

1979 Event - Somali adopts constitution

1979 Event - Ecuador adopts its constitution

1979 Event - Congo adopts constitution

1979 Event - Seychelles adopts constitution

1978 Event - Thailand adopts constitution

1978 Event - Spain adopts constitution

1978 Event - Dominica gains independence from U.K. and adopts constitution

1978 Event - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution

1978 Event - Comoros adopts constitution

1978 Event - Sierra Leone adopts constitution

1977 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts constitution

1977 Event - British Virgin Islands adopts constitution

1977 Event - Benin adopts its constitution

1977 Event - Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards

1976 Event - Trinidad and Tobago adopts constitution

1976 Event - Turks and Caicos Islands adopts constitution

1976 Event - Portugal adopts constitution

1976 Event - Cuba adopts its constitution

1976 Event - Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau)

1975 Event - Madagascar adopts constitution

1975 Event - Sao Tome and Principe adopts constitution

1975 Event - Greece adopts constitution

1975 Event - Sweden adopts constitution

1974 Event - Malta adopts constitution

1974 Event - NFL moves goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff

1974 Event - Yugoslavia adopts constitution

1973 Event - Grenada adopts constitution

1973 Event - Zambia adopts constitution

1973 Event - Bahamas declares Independence from U.K. and adopts constitution

1973 Event - Bahrain adopts it's constitution

1973 Event - Sudan adopts constitution

1973 Event - NFL adopts jersey numbering system (ie quarterbacks, 1-19)

1973 Event - Syria adopts constitution

1973 Event - Morocco adopts constitution

1973 Event - American League adopts designated hitter rule

1972 Event - Bangladesh adopts constitution

1972 Event - Panama adopts constitution

1971 Event - Egypt adopts its constitution

1971 Event - Bulgaria adopts it's constitution

1970 Event - Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution

1970 Event - Senegal adopts constitution

1969 Event - Libya adopts constitution

1969 Event - Gibraltar adopts constitution

1968 Event - Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system

1968 Event - Iraq adopts constitution

1968 Event - Bermuda adopts its constitution

1968 Event - East Germany adopts constitution

1968 Event - British adopts year-round daylight savings time

1968 Event - Nauru adopts constitution

1967 Event - Zaire adopts constitution

1967 Event - Bolivia adopts its constitution

1967 Event - St. Helena adopts constitution

1966 Event - Dominican Republic adopts constitution

1966 Event - Uruguay adopts constitution

1965 Event - Romania adopts constitution

1965 Event - NL adopts emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster

1964 Event - Canada adopts maple leaf flag

1964 Event - Maldives adopts constitution

1963 Event - Senegal adopts constitution

1962 Event - Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamitic)

1962 Event - U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa

1961 Event - Mauritania adopts constitution

1961 Event - Gabon adopts constitution

1961 Event - Venezuela adopts constitution

1960 Event - Ivory Coast adopts constitution

1960 Event - Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution

1960 Event - Mongolia adopts constitution

1960 Event - Montserrat adopts constitution

1959 Event - U.N. adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights

1959 Event - Singapore adopts constitution

1959 Event - Gabon adopts its constitution

1958 Event - France adopts constitution

1957 Event - Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian

1957 Event - United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt

1954 Event - 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution

1954 Event - Virgin Islands (U.S.) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act)

1954 Event - NBA adopts 24-second shot clock and 6 team-foul rule

1953 Event - Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)

1953 Event - Denmark adopts a new constitution

1952 Event - Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution

1952 Event - Jordan adopts constitution

1950 Event - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)

1949 Event - India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic

1949 Event - Costa Rica adopts Constitution

1949 Event - Hungary adopts constitution

1948 Event - U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1948 Event - American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights

1948 Event - U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights

1948 Event - Italy adopts constitution

1947 Event - Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution

1946 Event - Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic

1944 Event - Iceland adopts constitution

1943 Event - NFL adopts free substitution rule

1937 Event - Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire)

1935 Event - NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936

1934 Event - NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season

1931 Event - Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass

1931 Event - National League adopts a deader baseball

1926 Event - Lebanon adopts constitution

1925 Event - Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar

1925 Event - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar

1923 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"

1923 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar

1922 Event - Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State

1921 Event - Brazil adopts women suffrage

1920 Event - Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar

1919 Event - Finland adopts constitution

1918 Event - U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1)

1918 Event - Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14)

1918 Event - Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar

1912 Event - China adopts Gregorian calendar

1906 Event - Ecuador adopts its constitution

1906 Event - International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts "SOS" as new call for help

1906 Event - Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time

1898 Event - Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters

1897 Event - Japan adopts Gold Standard

1895 Event - Norway adopts Mid-European time

1894 Event - Denmark adopts Mid-European time

1893 Event - Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar

1886 Event - Colombia adopts constitution

1884 Event - U.S. adopts Standard Time

1883 Event - New Brunswick adopts Eastern Standard Time (until 1902)

1877 Event - Burkina adopts its constitution

1875 Event - Tonga adopts constitution

1867 Event - Alaska adopts Gregorian calendar, crosses International date line

1865 Event - Tennessee adopts a new constitution abolishing slavery

1862 Event - Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal

1861 Event - Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution

1853 Event - Argentina adopts it's constitution

1831 Event - Belgium adopts it's Constitution

1786 Event - Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money

1785 Event - Congress resolves U.S. currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage

1781 Event - Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation

1777 Event - Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage

1777 Event - Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag

1777 Event - New York adopts new constitution as an independent state

1777 Event - New York adopts new constitution as an independent state

1776 Event - Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights

1776 Event - Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution

1752 Event - U.S. and England adopts Gregorian calender (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)

1752 Event - This day never happened nor next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives

1752 Event - U.S. adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14)

1701 Event - Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)

1701 Event - Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701

1689 Event - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution

1689 Event - British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights

1641 Event - General court declares RI a democracy and adopts new constitution

1622 Event - Papal Chancery adopts Jan 1 as beginning of the year (was Mar 25)

1606 Event - England adopts Union Jack as its flag

1600 Event - San Marino adopts constitution

1584 Event - Bohemia adopts Gregorian calendar

1582 Event - Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th

1582 Event - Flanders adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is Jan 1 1583

1079 Event - Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar

990 Event - Russia adopts Julian calendar

597 Event - England adopts Julian calendar

69 Event - Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar













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