Evan-Amos, via Wikimedia. In a recent article in the New York Times Magazine, food scientist Steven Witherly describes Cheetos as one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure..
By Martin Kelly. The 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed by Congress on March 23, 1971 and ratified on July 1, 1971, all during the Vietnam War. The amendment provided the right to vote to individuals who were eighteen years of age.Previous to this, the 14th Amendment had set the voting age at 21.he 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed by Congress on March 23, 1971 and ratified on July 1, 1971, all during the Vietnam War.
The Significance of the 1965 Act, Then and Now. The historic significance of the 1965 law was to repeal national-origins quotas, in place since the 1920s, which had ensured that immigration to the United States was primarily reserved for European immigrants.