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Crimea

03/22/2014: Ukraine PM signed elements of EU trade pact.

03/21/2014: Russia finalized annexation of Crimea.

03/18/2014: Putin signed treaty incorporating Crimea into Russia.

03/17/2014: Crimea Parliament declared independence following refenderum.

03/13/2014: EU Parliament demanded immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from Crimea.

03/11/2014: Crimea Parliament voted to become independent state via referendum.

03/06/2014: Crimea Parliament set referendum to become part of Russian Federation.

03/01/2014: Obama condemned Russian military intervention in Ukraine as a violation of international law.

02/26/2014: Ukraine interim government requested international arrest warrant for Yankuvych.

02/25/2014: Ukraine parliament voted to send ousted president before ICC.

02/24/2014: Ukraine issued arrest warrant for ousted president.

02/22/2014: Ukraine opposition leader released from jail.

02/03/2014: Ukraine opposition called for constitutional changes.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.