July 1, 2013

July 1st in US History Part 8


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On July 1st in 2000 Vermont’s civil unions law, which granted gay couples most of the rights, benefits and responsibilities of marriage, went into effect.

On July 1st in 2000 The Confederate flag was removed from atop South Carolina’s Statehouse.

On July 1st in 2000 In Washington DC thousands of Tibetans and their supporters rallied to urge the World Bank to scrap a plan to resettle some 60,000 poor farmers, many of them Chinese, on traditional Tibetan lands.

On July 1st in 2001 In the US lower tax rates went into effect for some middle and upper-income taxpayers.

On July 1st in 2001 In Michigan a state law went into effect that allowed virtually any gun owner to carry a concealed weapon in public.

On July 1st in 2002 It was reported that the Bush administration had designated 33 toxic waste sites for funding cuts.

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