The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer Volvo.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer Volvo.
Organised by the Allies to bring senior Nazis to justice for their part in the war crimes committed by the regime, t first Nuremberg Trial lasted for almost a year.
Prior to the adoption of universally accepted time zones, the vast majority of settlements around the world observed local mean solar time.
The Judiciary Act was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington.
Parliament passed the Marriage Act that legalised civil marriages and introduced their formal registration.
On the 2nd July 1964, American President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law at the White House.
Any suspect arrested in the USA must be informed of four key rights. ‘You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed for you.’
The Petition of Right is a major British constitutional document that recognises four key principles of government: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.
On the 27th May 1199 King John was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
The long case eventually went before the Supreme Court who ruled that they had been unlawfully held and thus rebelled in a natural right to self-defense. The court set them free.
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