Three-parent rights ruling [Ontario CA] News
Three-parent rights ruling [Ontario CA]

A.A. v. B.B. and C.C., Ontario Court of Appeal, January 2, 2006 [ruling that a Canadian child can legally have three parents (two mothers and a father), giving the non-biological mother authority to make decisions for the child in the event of the biological mother's death]. Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.