2015 Event Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, supports removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds; however, the state legislature must first overturn a law requiring the flag to be flown at the Confederate Soldier Monument 2011 Event The National Diet of Japan, Japan's bicameral legislature, approves Yoshihiko Noda as its new Prime Minister 1989 Event N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill 1983 Event President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature 1967 Event Georgia legislature seats Rep. Julian Bond 1966 Event Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War 1962 Event Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1939 Event Massachusetts Legislature vote to ratify the Bill of Rights - 147 years late 1937 Event Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr) 1934 Event Philippine legislature accepts U.S. proposal for independence 1931 Event Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1913 Event Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures 1907 Birthday Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature 1901 Event 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes 1895 Event North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass 1874 Event New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1874 Event I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature 1870 Event White conservatives suppresed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature 1870 Event Mass legislature authorizes incorporation of Wellesley Female Seminary 1870 Event California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1870 Event Georgia legislature reconvenes 1869 Event North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1869 Event Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law 1866 Event New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health 1861 Event Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy 1859 Event Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1858 Birthday Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature 1850 Event California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties 1804 Event Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1787 Event Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities 1773 Event Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom 1758 Event New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation 1644 Event Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies
