2008 Event Fidel Castro resigns as President of Cuba, his brother Raul Castro is unanimously elected 1997 Event Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP 1996 Event Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997 1995 Event 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike 1991 Event Supreme Court rules unanimously employers can't exclude women from jobs where exposure to toxic chemicals could potentially damage fetus 1990 Event Cleveland Indian Sandy Alomar, Jr. wins AL Rookie of Year, unanimously 1989 Event NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF 1988 Event NL President Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish 1988 Event Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1986 Event Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously 1985 Event U.N. Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" 1982 Event Brewers' Robin Yount wins AL MVP, unanimously 1981 Event U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor 1981 Event Executive Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved 1979 Event Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel 1978 Event New York Yankee Ron Guidry unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1974 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes 1973 Event Oakland A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously 1968 Event 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain (wins unanimously) 1968 Event Detroit Tiger Denny McLain unanimously wins AL Cy Young Award 1967 Event Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages 1965 Event William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 1965 Event Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously 1962 Event U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously 1961 Event General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general 1961 Event U.N. unanimously elects U Thant acting Secretary General of the U.N. 1961 Event Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square 1959 Event Players vote Henry Aaron unanimously for the All-Star Game 1959 Event Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1957 Event Georgia Senate unanimously approves Senator Leon Butts' bill barring blacks from playing baseball with whites 1956 Event AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners 1954 Event Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision 1953 Event Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP 1948 Event U.N. General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide 1935 Event Hank Greenberg selected AL MVP unanimously 1926 Event League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany 1922 Event Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1861 Event U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state 1621 Event English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
