History Hop Tags - Bans

1245-07-17

Pope bans emperor Frederik II Hohenstaufen for 3rd time

1503-10-30

Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians

1521-04-07

Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books

1521-10-25

Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam

1523-11-30

Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics

1524-07-15

Emperor Karel I bans German national synode

1529-04-19

2nd Parliament of Spiers bans Lutheranism

1532-03-18

English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome

1570-03-04

King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students

1585-07-25

Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics

1655-11-24

English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell bans Anglicans

1674-07-19

Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer

1675-08-06

Russian Tsar Alexis bans foreign hair styles to those below the nobility

1759-05-31

The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.

1764-11-26

France bans Jesuit enorde

1765-01-11

Frisia bans Voltaires "Traité sur la tolérance"

1773-07-21

Pope Clemens XIV bans Jesuits

1775-05-17

American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada.

1787-02-18

Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor

1794-03-22

Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries

1794-06-04

Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers

1806-11-21

Decree of Berlin: Emperor Napoleon I bans all trade with England

1807-03-02

Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808

1833-05-02

Russian Tsar Nicolas I bans public sale of serfs

1882-05-15

May Laws-Tsar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania

1906-08-10

Pope Pius X bans Associations cults

1920-02-09

Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs

1920-12-29

Yugoslav government bans communist party

1922-11-03

Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life

1923-11-23

German army commander Gen Von Seeckt bans NSDAP & KPD

1924-10-01

Landis bans Giants Jimmy O'Connell & Cozy Dolan from World Series after they admit an attempt to bribe Phils shortstop Heinie Sand

1925-02-12

Estonia bans communist Party

1929-05-03

Prussia bans anti-fascists

1929-07-23

The Fascist government in Italy bans the use of foreign words.

1933-02-02

Hermann Goering bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany

1933-02-03

German Minister Hermann Goering bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwarts

1933-02-19

Prussian minister Goering bans all Catholic newspapers

1933-05-02

In Germany, Adolf Hitler bans trade unions

1933-06-19

Austrian government-Dollfuss bans nazi-organizations

1934-02-13

Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialist party

1937-01-09

Italian regime bans marriages between Italians & Abyssinians

1937-02-21

The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.

1938-11-30

Germany bans Jews being lawyers

1940-07-31

Riechskommissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals

1940-09-03

Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross

1941-06-01

Germany bans all Catholic publications

1941-06-09

Archbishop De Young bans priests cooperating with Rijks radio

1941-07-25

FDR bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan

1946-06-07

US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel

1950-05-01

Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade

1951-03-08

Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)

1955-11-07

Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas

1956-08-17

Federal Constitutional Court bans the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in West Germany

1957-09-05

Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers"

1959-06-11

Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by US Court of Appeals in Mar 1960)

1961-11-15

UN bans nuclear arms

1962-01-26

"Twist" is impure & bans it from all Catholic schools

1962-02-03

President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs

1962-02-07

The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.

1963-07-08

US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba

1963-12-02

ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965

1966-03-17

South Africa government bans Defense & Aid Fund

1966-08-03

South African government bans Beatle records

1966-08-08

South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)

1966-10-15

Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself" as "terribly obscene"

1967-05-20

BBC bans the Beatles' "A Day in the Life" because of drug references

1967-05-23

Government bans submarines near South Africa

1967-11-22

BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles

1968-06-18

Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing

1968-11-13

William Craig, Home Affairs Minister, bans all marches, with the exception of 'customary' parades, in Derry, Northern Ireland; the exception of 'customary' parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches could not

1969-10-18

Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners

1970-04-13

Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation

1971-02-10

Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa

1971-05-17

Washington State bans sex discrimination

1972-01-18

Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian Faulkner bans all parades and marches in Northern Ireland until the end of the year

1972-02-10

BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings

1972-11-30

BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi"

1974-10-29

Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application

1976-03-25

Argentine milt junta bans leftist political parties

1977-03-12

Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party

1977-04-07

Consumer Product Safety Comn bans "TRIS" flame-retardant

1977-10-02

Pakistan general Zia ul-Haq bans all opposition

1978-07-13

BBC bans Sex Pistols "No One is Innocent"

1978-10-13

Swaziland's new constitution promulgated bans political parties

1980-11-19

CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields

1982-10-08

Poland bans Solidarity & all labor unions

1985-10-11

President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands

1988-02-24

South African apartheid regime bans the UDF

1988-07-29

South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"

1988-10-05

Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism

1988-10-19

Britain bans broadcast interviews with IRA members

1989-11-01

Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights

1990-01-12

Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)

1991-01-09

Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame

1991-03-27

NCAA bans U of Minn football team from postseason play in 1992

1992-06-24

Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball

1994-09-26

Switzerland bans racist propaganda

1995-04-10

NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more

1996-03-25

The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of "mad cow disease" (BSE).

1997-03-04

President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research

2002-03-04

Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.

2002-11-07

Iran bans advertising of United States products.

2004-05-24

North Korea bans mobile phones.

2008-02-08

Nebraska bans electric chair as sole execution method.

2013-03-11

European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals

2016-07-17

FAA bans flights between the US and Turkey

2016-12-21

Obama bans oil drilling 'permanently' in millions of acres of ocean

2017-02-25

White House bans certain news media from briefing

2017-03-07

North Korea bans Malaysians from leaving country over Kim Jong Nam's death

2017-08-03

US bans travel to North Korea from September 1, says Americans should leave

2017-08-26

China bans new business with North Korea in line with sanctions

2017-09-23

China follows UN sanctions with bans, limits on fuel products to North Korea

2018-02-09

Court rejects appeals by 47 Russians against Olympic bans