What happened on August 18 ?

                                                           The year is...

1920 :     Tennessee guarantees women the right to vote : the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified by the state.    
  On August 18, 1920 Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment. Its two
  sections read : "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
  abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

1964 :                 South Africa was banned from the
        Summer Olympics in Tokyo...

   ... because of the apartheid policies.
  This ban effectively lasted until 1992.
                       What is    APARTHEID ?   <<<

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