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The French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools is an amendment to the French Code of Education banning students from wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public primary and secondary schools. The law expands principles founded in existing French law, especially the constitutional requirement of laïcité: the separation of state and religious activities.

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[edit] Did you know...

• ...that Jane Wenham was the last subject of a witch trial in England? She was tried in 1712 and eventually exonerated.
• ...that Victoire Thivisol was the youngest winner ever of the Best Actress award at the Venice International Film Festival for her title role in the 1996 French film Ponette?
• ...that Edward Falkingham ordered the construction of prisons in Ferryland, Bonavista and Carbonear in 1732 while he was Governor of Newfoundland?
• ...that Redline was the last game published by Accolade before being acquired by Infogrames in 1999?

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• The referendum on the proposed Iraqi constitution passes with 78 percent approval and only two provinces "vetoing".
• U.S. Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks dies at the age of 92.
• Ben Bernanke is nominated to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the United States.

[edit] Selected anniversaries

• 1415: Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England and his lightly armored infantry and archers defeated the heavily armored French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt (pictured).
• 1854: Charge of the Light Brigade: Lord Cardigan led his cavalry to disaster in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War.
• 1944: The Battle of Leyte Gulf sealed the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
• 1971: People's Republic of China replaced the Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations.
• 1983: Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and Caribbean allies invaded Grenada, six days after Bernard Coard seized power in a violent coup d'état.

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