In 1767, the British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts, which imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America. Colonists bitterly protested the acts, which were repealed in 1770.
In 1776, the Virginia Constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was made governor.
In 1941, Polish statesman, pianist and composer Ignace Paderewski died in New York at age 80.
In 1946, British authorities arrested more than 2,700 Jews in Palestine in an attempt to stamp out alleged terrorism.
In 1949, the South African government anacted a ban against racially mixed marriages, and suspended the automatic granting of citizenship to immigrants.
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Actress Ruth Warrick (1915)
Actor Gary Busey (1944)
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"Prejudice is never easy unless it can pass itself off for reason."