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Diplomatic Relations Between US and Cuba

01/29/2015: US lawmakers introduced bill to end Cuba travel restrictions

01/12/2015: Cuba released 53 political prisoners

01/05/2015: Cuba rights group reported record number of dissident detentions

12/17/2014: Obama announced Cuba policy changes

06/30/2014: BNP Paribas reported to pay almost $9 billion in US penalties for helping clients in Cuba dodge US sanctions

03/29/2014: Cuba legislature approved law to attract foreign investment

08/05/2013: Rights group urged Cuba to release ‘prisoners of conscience’

05/06/13: Federal appeals court blocked Florida law barring contracts with Cuba, Syria businesses

THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress passed 13th Amendment

On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States.

Yugoslavia constitution adopted

On January 31, 1946, the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was adopted, creating six internal republics. The constitution, modeled on that of the Soviet Union, would serve as the supreme law of Yugoslavia throughout the Cold War before the union dissolved in 1990.

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes hanged, drawn, and quartered

Gunpowder Plot participant Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered on January 31, 1606 for attempting to blow up the British House of Lords with kegs of gunpowder during the State Opening of Parliament. Fawkes and a group of co-conspirators sought to kill King James I over the persecution of Roman Catholics in England. The plot famously failed after the Lords was searched. It is commemorated to this day on November 5, known as "Guy Fawkes Night." Learn more about the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes.