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March 4, 2024 11:07:23 pm

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THIS DAY @ LAW

African Union established

On July 9, 2002, the African Union (AU) was established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Read the Constitutive Act of the African Union.

Eight states ratify Articles of Confederation

On July 9, 1778, eight states - New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Carolina - signed and ratified the Articles of Confederation, the first American constitution.

The Articles took formal effect after ratification by Maryland on March 1, 1781.