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The year before, David Treadwell had kicked the game-winning field goal in Athens as time expired to give Clemson the win. This year, trailing 20–16, Clemson's defense would stop the Bulldogs in the end zone for a safety and then take the ensuing drive to set up Treadwell again for a game-winning field goal. The Tigers won as time expired, 21 ...
Mexico granted Texas a one-year exemption from the national edict of 1829 outlawing slavery, but Mexican president Anastasio Bustamante ordered that all slaves be freed in 1830. [93] [94] To circumvent the law, the colonists converted their slaves into indentured servants "for life." [95] By 1836 there were 5,000 enslaved African Americans in ...
FFA members are required to wear official FFA dress while participating in official organization activities. The National FFA Organization recently [when?] updated its bylaws, stating that members may wear any item they are comfortable in, including those which were previously reserved for only one gender. Religious garb, such as headwear, is ...
The International Telegraph Union was founded in 1865 and the Universal Postal Union was established in 1874. Both are now specialized agencies of the United Nations. In 1899, the Hague Convention established the Permanent Court of Arbitration, an intergovernmental organization which began work in 1902. [2]
National Girls and Women in Sports Day (one day first week of February, US) Rosa Parks Day (February 4 / December 1, US) Susan B. Anthony Day (February 15, US) Kartini Day (April 21, Indonesia) Mother's Day; National Women's Day (August 9, South Africa) Ningol Chakouba (India) Nupi Lan Day (December 12, India) Women's Equality Day (August 26, US)
In 1947, the church began the Indian Placement Program, where Native American students (upon request by their parents) were voluntarily placed in anglo Latter-day Saint foster homes during the school year, where they would attend public schools and become assimilated into Mormon culture.
A commemoration of Muhammad's first revelation, [12] the annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam [13] and lasts twenty-nine to thirty days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next. [14] [15]
By 1792, federal law permitted each state legislature to choose Presidential electors any time within a 34-day period [3] before the first Wednesday in December. [4] A November election was convenient because the harvest would have been completed but the most severe winter weather, impeding transportation, would not yet have arrived, while the new election results also would roughly conform to ...