{"id":35247,"date":"2017-11-18T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=35247"},"modified":"2017-11-17T08:20:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T14:20:54","slug":"this-day-in-history-massachusetts-rules-in-favor-of-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=35247","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History &#8212; Massachusetts rules in favor of same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>November 18<\/h3>\n<p>1820<br \/>\nCaptain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>1883<br \/>\nStandard time began in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>1886<br \/>\nChester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881\u20131885), died in New York at 56.<\/p>\n<p>1928<br \/>\nMickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.<\/p>\n<p>1976<br \/>\nSpain&#8217;s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>1978<br \/>\nJim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot.<\/p>\n<p>2003<br \/>\nThe Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same-sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>2004<br \/>\nThe UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. 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