Violent video games law [Governor CA] News
Violent video games law [Governor CA]

Assembly Bill No. 450, California Legislature, February 15, 2005, signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, October 7, 2005 [banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors under the age of 17, and requiring retailers to label violent games as such]. Read the full text of the bill here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Justice Louis Brandeis died

On October 5, 1941, US Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis died at the age of 84.

Brandeis had become the first Jewish justice on the United States Supreme Court in 1916 after a hotly-contested nomination battle. Learn more about Louis Brandeis from Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia website at Northwestern University.

France women granted suffrage

On October 4, 1944, women in France were granted voting rights.