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1992 Event - 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary 1990 Event - Namibia's constitution ratified 1988 Event - Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles 1987 Event - Suriname constitution ratified 1987 Event - United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp 1972 Event - Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified 1972 Event - Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified 1972 Event - Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 1967 Event - 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified 1964 Event - 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections 1961 Event - 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Washington D.C. residents to vote for president 1951 Event - 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to 2 terms 1951 Event - 22nd amendment to Constitution is ratified 1949 Event - NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty ratified 1947 Event - Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia 1933 Event - 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment, Prohibition, repealed 1919 Event - Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of states; Nebraska is 36th 1913 Event - 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified 1913 Event - 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified 1913 Event - 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax 1913 Event - 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified 1911 Event - Nicaragua signs treaty turning over customs to U.S., not ratified 1911 Event - Honduras signs treaty turning over customs to U.S. (not ratified) 1899 Event - Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate 1876 Event - Reciprocity Treaty between U.S. and Hawaii ratified 1868 Event - 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves 1865 Event - 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished 1865 Event - 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery 1834 Event - 1st U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified 1804 Event - 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president 1803 Event - Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 1798 Event - 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed 1795 Event - 11th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, affirms power of states 1791 Event - Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval 1781 Event - Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland 1778 Event - Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1679 Event - Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1648 Event - Treaty of Munster: Spain and Netherlands ratified |
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