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2013 Event - A court grants Iceland's Blaer Bjarkardottir the right to use her own name; after previously ruling Blaer was only a man's name, the Reykjavik court rules it could also be used as a girl's name

2013 Event - The President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, declares that official documents must use the words 'State of Palestine'

2013 Event - The use of plastic bags is banned in Mauritania

2012 Event - U.S. Governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper, emboldened by the passage of a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution last month, declared marijuana legal for recreational use

2012 Event - U.S. voters in the state of Massachusetts approve a referendum legalizing the use of medical marijuana; Colorado and Washington approve the legalization of recreational use of the drug

2012 Event - A University of Nebraska-Lincoln communication specialist predicts that future use of unmanned aerial vehicles in journalism will become widespread

2012 Event - Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine's President, signs a controversial law concerning the status of 18 languages as regional and minority languages; the law allows officials in Russian-speaking regions of the country to use Russian in documents and at public events

2012 Event - Scientists successfully sequence the tomato genome, and announce that tastier, more pesticide-resistant tomato varieties can be engineered for use in the next five years

2012 Event - The trial over illegal use of campaign funds by U.S. Presidential candidate John Edwards begins in North Carolina

2012 Event - In Ireland, anti-austerity protesters use a coffin draped in the Irish tricolor

2012 Event - The U.S. Department of Defense produces new guidelines that remove restrictions on the use of women in combat

2012 Event - The U.S. Congress passes legislation to expand the use of drone aircraft in the country

2011 Event - In the U.K., researchers use a new gene therapy technique to treat those who suffer ocular defects such as retinal choroideremia

2011 Event - In Iran, the Central Bank of Iran launches a website which it will use to poll Iranians on planned economic reforms and changing the national currency

2011 Event - UK Researchers report a study showing that the use of drugs during vitro fertilization may increase the risk of Down syndrome for their baby

2010 Event - China announces its plan to use its own uranium resources to meet growing demands for nuclear power

2010 Event - In a dispute over the use of rare earth metals, China cancels a meeting with Japan and South Korea

2010 Event - U.S. military forces use an air strike to kill an al-Qaeda leader responsible for planning suicide bombings

2010 Event - After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters

2010 Event - Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calls for the US to be expelled from the international nuclear system because religion prohibits the use of nuclear weapons

1997 Event - Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm

1995 Event - FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC

1994 Event - U.N. votes 12-0 (2 abstentions) to authorize use of force against Haiti

1992 Death - Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83

1991 Event - Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii

1991 Event - Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use

1991 Event - Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use

1991 Event - Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd

1989 Event - Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran)

1989 Event - David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo

1989 Event - Game-winning RBI, official statistic dropped after 9 years of use New York Mets Keith Hernandez is the all-time leader with 129

1987 Death - Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83

1987 Event - 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy

1986 Event - Astros and Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game

1984 Event - Pitcher Vida Blue suspended for rest of 1984 due to drug use

1984 Event - Last sixpence minted in Great Britain (in use since 1551)

1984 Event - Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene

1984 Event - Supreme Court rules (5-4) oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws

1983 Event - Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use

1982 Event - WQXI, Atlanta, is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system

1980 Event - 1st consumer use of home banking by computer

1979 Birthday - Matt Nagle, born in Massachusetts, quadriplegic, first to use brain-computer interface to control movement

1979 Event - Supreme Court rules employers may use quotas to help minorities

1977 Event - Cubs use fielder Larry Bittner as a pitcher

1976 Event - U.S. and Russia agreed on size of nuclear tests for peaceful use

1975 Birthday - Casual, born in Oakland, California, born Jon Owens, rapper, hip hop, vocalist, songs use a verse-chorus-verse arrangement, member of Hieroglyphics

1972 Event - Nixon and Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate

1971 Event - U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation

1970 Event - White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games

1969 Event - Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners

1969 Event - Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use

1968 Event - Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos

1967 Event - Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning

1967 Event - White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)

1967 Event - Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed

1966 Event - Beatles record "Rain," 1st to use reverse tapes

1965 Event - 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite

1963 Event - Birmingham police use dogs and cattle prods on peaceful demonstrators

1962 Event - John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi

1961 Event - Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns

1960 Event - Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium

1960 Event - U.S. is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally

1959 Event - U.N. Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established

1959 Event - 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica

1959 Event - Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)

1959 Birthday - Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour'

1958 Event - Los Angeles Coliseum Commission approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility

1957 Event - New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes

1957 Birthday - Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism

1956 Event - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News)

1956 Event - 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)

1955 Event - President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war

1954 Event - 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)

1954 Event - Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters

1953 Birthday - Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet

1953 Event - New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens

1953 Event - Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes

1953 Event - Yankees and Browns use record 41 players in a game

1952 Event - American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter

1951 Event - U.S. General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea

1951 Event - 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands

1950 Event - 1st use of TV laugh track - Hank McCune

1950 Birthday - Jenny Holzer, born in Gallipolis, Ohio, conceptual artist, abstract artist, known for use of words and ideas in public spaces

1949 Event - St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3

1948 Event - 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio

1948 Event - 1st use of Israeli Air Force and 1st war victory, defeating Syrian army

1946 Event - University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game

1946 Event - 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York City)

1944 Event - German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland

1944 Event - 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)

1943 Event - Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core

1943 Event - Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars

1942 Event - 1st Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use

1942 Event - Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward

1941 Event - Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland

1941 Event - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)

1941 Event - Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time

1941 Birthday - Julio B. Euson, Aruban singer, I Use the Soap

1939 Event - 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R P Scholz, St. Louis, Missouri

1939 Event - Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures

1938 Event - Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use

1938 Event - 1st use of seeing eye dog

1936 Event - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use

1935 Event - 36-Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars

1935 Event - Oil pipeline Iraq-Mediterranean goes into use

1932 Birthday - Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition

1931 Event - Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering

1931 Event - Trans African Railway in use (Benguela, Angola-Jadotville, Congo)

1931 Event - 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail, Austria

1927 Event - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF

1926 Birthday - Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author, Change of Use

1922 Event - President Harding is 1st U.S. president to use radio, dedicating the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore

1919 Event - NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers

1918 Event - 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)

1916 Event - Britains 1st use of tanks (Battle of Somme)

1916 Birthday - Hank Luisetti, NBA forward, 1st to use a one-handed shot

1915 Event - Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series

1915 Event - 1st military use of chlorine poison gas by Germany in WW I

1913 Event - Notre Dame upsets Army 35-13, 1st to use forward pass effectively

1912 Event - A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension

1909 Event - Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call

1908 Event - 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)

1904 Birthday - Theodore Brameld, author/educator, Use of Explosive Ideas

1903 Event - San Francisco - Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use

1901 Event - 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris

1900 Event - Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins

1898 Event - Post Office authorizes use of postcards

1897 Death - Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens

1896 Event - Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer

1892 Event - Mrs William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning use of "400" to describe socially elite

1886 Event - Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class

1881 Event - Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations

1869 Event - Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mega-Mouries for use by French Navy

1868 Event - 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes

1868 Death - William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies

1861 Event - Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers

1859 Event - 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence

1855 Event - Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use

1854 Event - Antwerp-Roosendaal railway goes into use

1850 Event - Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use

1850 Event - Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices

1846 Event - Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether

1844 Event - 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Ct

1842 Birthday - Dr. Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic

1839 Event - 1st known use of term OK (Boston)

1839 Event - 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)

1834 Birthday - Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory

1834 Event - President Jackson orders 1st use of U.S. troops to suppress a labor dispute

1822 Event - King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language

1818 Event - 2 English boxers are 1st to use padded gloves

1817 Event - Curacao prohibits use of white paint due to fierce sunlight

1815 Birthday - Crawford Williamson Long, surgeon/pioneer, use of ether

1815 Birthday - Horace Wells, dentist, pioneered use of medical anethesia

1813 Event - Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail

1806 Death - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81

1803 Event - French law rules the use of intention

1793 Event - France becomes 1st country to use the metric system

1791 Birthday - George Hayward, U.S., surgeon, 1st to use ether

1701 Event - Frisia and Groningen begin use of Gregorian calendar

1583 Event - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)

1582 Event - France begins use of Gregorian calendar

996 Event - 1st use of name "Austria" for Ostarrichi/in oorkonde

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