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Iran appoints new Secretary of National Security, negotiator for nuclear talks

August 15, 2005 12:49:00 PM

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed Ali Larijani as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council, a position that carries the responsibility of negotiating with European nations concerning Iran's continued insistence on...

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Congress passed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation

On June 16, 1935, Congress passed President Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislation to start a recovery program from Great Depression. Learn more about FDR and the New Deal from the US Library of Congress.

U.K. repeals prohibition on non-conformists at its universities

On June 16, 1871, the United Kingdom passed the University Tests Act, repealing a prohibition on non-conformists at the British Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham. The Tests Acts were a series of laws that started in 1673 and eventually required officeholders, university students, civil servants and other persons associated with the government to swear allegiance to the Anglican Church. The Tests Act was repealed by the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, but the university policy lasted until 1871.