Today in History: Washington and the French Parliament makes a decision on Gay Marriages
Phillip Seymour Hoffman died in 2014 on this day.
Lawmakers in the state of Washington have voted in favor of gay marriages. The governor signed the bill into law on the 13th, meaning the law would go into effect by June 7th of 2012.
Members of the French parliament voted 249-97 to approve one of the most important parts of a law that would redefine marriage as an agreement between two people and not just a man and a woman.
Barack Obama has committed his administration to a world without nuclear weapons. The move comes in a written statement to a conference in Paris, where the U.S. and international community have been preparing for the spread of nuclear weapons. The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has offered his own written message of support to the Global Zero conference.
Kraft Foods has confirmed its takeover of Cadbury after the U.K. chocolate maker’s shareholders voted in favor of it. Cadbury has said it has received valid acceptances of the offer from investors, and Kraft’s chief executive Irene Rosenfeld has welcomed the Cadbury employees into the Kraft Foods family. Cadbury’s workers have been staging protests in London, and called upon the government to guarantee their jobs. The deadline for Cadbury shareholders to accept a $18.9 billion deal was at 1300 GMT today.
Having analyzed decades of climate data from the depths of the oceans to the stratosphere, scientists are reporting major advances in the understanding of climate change. Six years after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment, this synthesizes current understanding of global warming and projects future climate change using the most comprehensive set of global climate models.
Richard M. Nixon begins his campaign for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire.
On this day it was reported that the White House roof was leaking, and that further rain and snow was expected to fall. Believe it or not, while this was going on Congress was still debating whether or not to spend $400 to fix it.
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