The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women’s right to vote.

1951

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.

1991

Operation Desert Storm came to a conclusion as President George H.W. Bush declared that “Kuwait is liberated, Iraq’s army is defeated.”

1997

Ireland made divorce legal.

2006

Former Newark Eagles co-owner Effa Manley became the first woman elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.