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In 1973, the Texas Family Code was amended by House Bill 103 to explicitly state that a marriage license may only be issued to a man and a woman. HB 103 became effective on January 1, 1974. [ 24 ] In 1997, Texas banned the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff. [22] 1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths. [23]
By 28 February 2002, 51 people had been arrested in connection with the incident on charges of arson, rioting, and looting. [54] On 17 March 2002, chief suspect Haji Bilal, a local town councillor and Congress worker, [55] was captured by an anti-terrorist squad in Godhra. The FIR alleged that a 1,540-strong mob attacked the Sabarmati Express ...
The February 28 incident (also called the February 28 massacre, [3] [4] the 228 incident, [5] or the 228 massacre) [5] was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan in 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang–led nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC).
The largest Republican stronghold in the country, Texas went decisively for Romney, awarding him 57.17% of the vote to Obama's 41.38%, a margin of 15.79%. Like previous Democratic candidates, Obama dominated the Rio Grande Valley , winning upwards of 70% or 80% of the vote in most of these counties, with his best performance in Starr County at ...
The 2008 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Contemporary book burning Nazi youth brigades burning "un-German" works by Jewish and left-wing authors at the library of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, 1933 [1] Plaque at Bebelplaz commemorating Nazi book burning, 10 May 1933