Censorship Timeline of Events

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Timeline of Events

1644

11.23.1644

John Milton publishes ''Areopagitica'', a pamphlet decrying censorship.

1933

5.10.1933

Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

1943

2.20.1943

American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.

1953

2.19.1953

Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.

1978

2.11.1978

Censorship: the People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens.