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2013 Event - In China, Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the National People's Congress announcing the country's 2013 goal of a 7.5% growth rate in GDP 2013 Event - The Unites States swears in the 113th Congress, replacing the 112th Congress 2012 Event - Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) 2012 Event - Mohamed Yousef el-Magariaf, Chairman of Libya's legislative authority, the General National Congress, says al-Qaeda elements who fought with rebels in Libya's civil war number "up to 200" in Libya 2012 Event - France O'Grady is appointed the first female General Secretary by Britain's Trade Union Congress 2012 Event - Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese dissident, requests help from the U.S. Congress in his attempt to flee China with his family 2012 Event - Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina, introduces a bill to nationalize 51% of YPF, the Argentine oil company, to Congress 2012 Event - The U.S. Congress passes legislation to expand the use of drone aircraft in the country 2012 Event - The 2012 State of the Union Address is delivered by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Congress 2012 Event - The English Wikipedia protests anti-piracy legislation proposed by the U.S. Congress by shutting down its website 2011 Event - The U.S. Library of Congress intends to preserve the thriller 'Silence of the Lambs' as part of its National Film Registry 2011 Event - One hour before the deadline, the U.S. Congress reaches a deal on the 2011 U.S. federal budget, avoiding a government shutdown 2011 Event - The 112th United States Congress convened; Republican Representative John Boehner of Ohio assumes his new position as Speaker of the House 1995 Event - Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress 1995 Event - Congress party loses India national election 1994 Event - House votes to end lobbyists buying meals and entertainment for Congress 1993 Event - U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail 1993 Death - Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1992 Event - 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary 1992 Event - Peru's President Alberto Fujimori suspend constitution and dissolved Congress 1991 Event - ANC leader Nelson Mandela addresses congress 1991 Event - Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address U.S. congress 1991 Event - Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike 1991 Event - Nepalese Congress party wins general elections 1991 Event - Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over" 1991 Event - U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1991 Event - Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq 1991 Event - U.S. Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis 1990 Event - United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace 1990 Event - Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress 1990 Event - South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1990 Event - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress 1990 Event - South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress 1989 Event - African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam 1988 Event - Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II 1988 Event - U.S. Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras 1988 Event - Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill 1987 Event - Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings 1987 Event - President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress 1987 Event - 100th U.S. Congress convenes 1986 Event - U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee 1986 Event - Congress selects the rose as U.S. national flower 1985 Event - Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress 1984 Event - Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India 1983 Event - 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act 1983 Event - Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon 1983 Event - U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions 1983 Event - Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress 1982 Event - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress 1980 Event - Indira Gandhi's Congress Party wins elections in India 1979 Event - Congress' final approval to create Department of Education 1978 Event - Congress approves Susan B. Anthony Dollar 1978 Death - Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1976 Event - Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act 1976 Event - Leonid Brezhnev opens 25th congress of CPSU 1975 Event - Congress passes Metric Conversion Act 1974 Event - Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto 1974 Event - Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold 1973 Event - Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin 1973 Event - Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1972 Event - Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 1970 Event - Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin 1969 Death - John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89 1969 Event - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO 1969 Event - U.S. Congress doubles president salary 1969 Event - Rep Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. seated by Congress 1968 Event - Pope Paul VI opens Eucharistic congress in Bogota 1968 Death - Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies 1968 Event - Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1968 Event - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve 1967 Event - Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1967 Event - Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority 1965 Event - Lyndon Baines Johnson asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote 1964 Event - U.S. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution 1964 Event - Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem 1963 Event - Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar 1962 Event - India Congress Party wins elections 1961 Event - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square 1961 Event - 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow 1959 Event - Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1959 Death - Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57 1959 Event - Hawaii's 1st U.S. election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress 1958 Birthday - Peter R Mokaba, president, South African Youth Congress 1957 Event - Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1957 Event - Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery 1957 Event - Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million 1957 Event - U.S. Congress accepts the Eisenhower-doctrine 1957 Event - Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East 1956 Event - 20th Congress of CPSU closes in Moscow 1956 Event - 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow 1955 Event - Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust" 1955 Event - Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust" 1954 Event - 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution 1954 Event - Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands 1953 Event - Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving 1952 Event - 19th congress of Communist Party meets in Moscow 1952 Birthday - Rita Dove, born in Akron, Ohio, author, poet, won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, Library of Congress 1993 1952 Event - Puerto Rico's constitution approved by U.S. Congress 1952 Event - American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1952 Event - Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to U.S. Congress 1952 Birthday - John Cornyn, born in Houston, Texas, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Texas, Chairman, National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress 1952 Event - Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India 1951 Event - President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1951 Event - American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament 1951 Death - Robert Mark, U.S. chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 1950 Event - 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris 1950 Event - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule 1948 Event - Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine 1948 Event - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress 1948 Event - Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1948 Event - President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program 1947 Event - Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress 1947 Event - Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency 1947 Event - 1st opening session of Congress to be televised 1945 Event - Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance 1944 Event - U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star 1944 Event - Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General) 1944 Event - Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1943 Event - Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded 1943 Event - National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 Event - Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms 1942 Event - William L. Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago 1942 Event - Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1942 Event - Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress 1942 Event - Congress advises Franklin D. Roosevelt that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn't oppose the U.S. war effort 1941 Event - Winston Churchill becomes 1st British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of Congress, warning that Axis would "stop at nothing" 1940 Event - Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law 1940 Birthday - Mary Rose Oakar, born in Cleveland, Ohio, politician, first Democratic woman elected to U.S. Congress, member, U.S. House of Representatives 1940 Birthday - Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader, Pan-African Congress 1938 Event - National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball 1938 Event - Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy 1938 Event - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) 1937 Event - National Gallery of Art established by Congress 1936 Event - Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1935 Event - Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms 1935 Event - U.S. Congress accepts FDR's "New Deal" 1935 Event - World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul 1935 Event - Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress 1934 Event - Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense 1934 Event - U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act 1934 Event - U.S. Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945 1934 Event - Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 Event - International Zionists Congress opens in Prague 1933 Event - Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 Event - Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 Event - Congress is called into special session by FDR, and began its "100 days" 1933 Event - U.S. Congress recognize independence Philippines 1932 Event - International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam 1932 Event - Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico" 1932 Event - 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo 1932 Death - Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1931 Event - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem 1931 Event - Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge 1930 Event - Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway 1930 Event - Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress 1929 Event - Ramsay MacDonald is 1st British premier to address U.S. Congress 1929 Event - Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1929 Event - Indian National Congress proclaims goal for India's independence 1928 Event - U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1927 Event - Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in U.S.S.R., Trotsky expelled 1927 Event - 4th Pan-African Congress meets (New York City) 1926 Event - 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins 1926 Event - 1st congress of Paneuropabeweging opens in Vienna 1926 Event - U.S. Customs Court created by congress 1926 Event - Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1925 Event - 14th congress of CPSU decides to accelerate industry 1925 Event - Congress authorizes a special handling stamp 1925 Event - U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult 1925 Event - 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress 1923 Event - Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president 1923 Birthday - Margaret Bondfield, 1st woman chairman, Trades Union Congress 1922 Event - IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague 1922 Event - Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky 1922 Event - Congress authorizes Grant Memorial $1 gold coin 1921 Event - 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris) 1921 Death - John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies 1921 Event - Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system 1919 Event - Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto 1919 Event - U.S. Congress sign Volstead Act 1919 Event - American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress 1919 Event - 1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin 1919 Event - Congress forms Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 1919 Event - Pan-African Congress, organized by W. E. B. Du Bois (Paris) 1919 Event - WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1918 Event - American Jewish Congress holds its 1st meeting 1918 Event - Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal 1918 Event - Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time 1917 Birthday - Oliver Tambo, co-founder, African National Congress 1917 Event - Pan-Russian Congress opens in Petrograd 1917 Event - 1st Congress of Soviets convene in Russia 1917 Event - President Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany 1917 Event - Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations 1917 Event - Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration 1916 Event - Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress 1916 Event - Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve 1916 Event - U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence 1916 Event - Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act 1916 Event - 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java 1916 Event - Congress authorizes McKinley Memorial $1 gold coin 1915 Event - Congress authorizes $1 and $50 Panama-Pacific International Expo gold coin 1914 Event - U.S. Congress establishes mother's day 1914 Event - U.S. Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law 1913 Birthday - Zeph[ania L] Mothopeng, President South Afr Pan-African Congress, 1986- 1913 Birthday - Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1913 Event - William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1911 Event - Congress names San Francisco as Panama Canal opening celebration site 1910 Event - 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C. 1910 Event - National Institute of Arts and Letters incorporated by Congress 1908 Event - World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam 1907 Event - U.S. Congress raised their own salaries to $7,500 1904 Event - Congress authorizes Lewis and Clark Expo $1 gold coin 1902 Event - Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin 1902 Birthday - Henri Garat, born in Paris, France, actor, Congress Dances 1901 Event - Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce 1900 Event - Pan-African Congress meets in London 1899 Event - 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes 1899 Event - Congress authorizes Lafayette silver dollar 1899 Event - U.S. Congress begins using voting machines 1899 Event - American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress 1898 Event - Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry 1895 Event - 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes 1895 Event - American Bowling Congress forms (New York City) 1895 Event - George Washington Murray elected to Congress from South Carolina 1895 Event - Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Denver, Colorodo 1894 Event - Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1894 Event - Congress creates Bureau of Immigration 1893 Event - 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes 1893 Event - Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture 1891 Event - 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session 1891 Event - 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes 1891 Event - Congress creates U.S. Courts of Appeal 1890 Event - Congress creates Weather Bureau 1890 Event - Congress establishes Yosemite National Park 1890 Event - Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act 1888 Birthday - Hamilton Fish, U.S. congress leader/isolationist 1888 Event - Congress creates Department of Labor 1887 Event - Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco 1887 Event - To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1886 Birthday - Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO 1885 Event - 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes 1885 Event - Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1885 Event - Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England 1885 Event - U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds 1884 Event - U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Event - 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes 1883 Event - Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy 1882 Event - 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests) 1882 Event - Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1882 Event - Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration 1881 Event - 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes 1880 Birthday - Jeannette Rankin, born in Missoula, Montana, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, becomes 1st female member of Congress 1880 Birthday - Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to U.S. Congress, Rep-Montana 1880 Death - Jeannette Rankin, Representative-R-Montana 1917 - 1919 and 1941 - 1943, 1st female member of Congress, died at age 92 from natural causes 1879 Event - Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act 1879 Event - Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court 1878 Event - Congress of Berlin discusses division of African colonization ends 1878 Event - Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization 1878 Event - DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974) 1878 Event - U.S. Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation 1878 Event - U.S. congress authorizes large-size silver certificate 1877 Event - 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes 1877 Event - Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden 1876 Event - U.S. Congress decides to impeach Minister of War Belknap 1875 Event - 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes 1875 Event - Congress authorizes 20 cent coin, lasts only 3 years 1875 Event - Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1873 Event - Congress authorizes federal departmental postage stamps 1873 Event - U.S. Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively 1873 Event - Congress abolishes bimetallism and authorizes $1 and $3 gold coins 1873 Event - U.S. Congress begins investigating Credit Mobilier scandal 1872 Event - Congress endorses penny post card 1871 Event - Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent 1871 Event - Congress establishes the civil service system 1871 Event - Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress 1870 Event - Congress authorizes registration of trademarks 1870 Event - Congress creates Department of Justice 1870 Event - Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) 1870 Birthday - Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms 1870 Event - Hiram Rhodes Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress, Senator-R-Mississippi 1870 - 1871 1869 Event - Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9 1869 Event - John Menard is 1st black to make a speech in Congress 1869 Event - Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress 1868 Event - 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana) 1868 Event - John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress 1868 Event - U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho) 1868 Event - Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax 1867 Event - U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson 1867 Event - Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington D.C. 1867 Event - President A Johnson defies Congress suspending Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1867 Event - Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1867 Event - Congress approves Lincoln Memorial 1867 Event - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto 1867 Event - Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico 1867 Event - Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act 1867 Event - U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education 1866 Event - Congress authorizes nickel 5 cents piece (replaces silver half-dime) 1866 Event - Congress authorizes national soldiers' homes 1865 Event - Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time 1865 Event - U.S. Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service 1865 Event - Confederate congress approves final design of "official flag" 1865 Event - Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24) 1864 Event - 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes 1864 Event - Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers 1864 Event - Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay 1863 Event - Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers 1863 Event - Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at Carson City, Nevada 1863 Event - Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress 1863 Event - Congress authorizes track width of 4'8" for Union Pacific Railroad 1863 Event - Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 1862 Event - Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal 1862 Event - Congress authorizes Medal of Honor 1862 Event - Congress outlaws polygamy (1st time); bad news for Utah 1862 Event - Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado 1862 Event - U.S. Confederate Congress calls up all white males (18-35 years) 1862 Event - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1862 Event - Congress forms U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1861 Event - Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army 1861 Event - Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia 1861 Event - Congress authorizes paper money 1861 Event - In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops 1861 Event - Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army 1861 Event - U.S. Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing 1861 Event - Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the U.S. Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states 1861 Event - 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America 1861 Event - Louisiana delegation except Mr. Bouligny withdraws from Congress 1860 Event - Congress establishes Government Printing Office 1860 Event - Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists 1857 Event - Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in U.S. 1855 Event - Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use 1855 Event - Congress authorizes registered mail 1854 Event - Congress passes Confiscation Act 1853 Event - Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress 1852 Event - Congress authorizes U.S.'s 2nd mint (San Francisco, California) 1851 Event - Fire devastates Library of Congress in Wash, destroys 35,000 volumes 1851 Event - U.S. Library of Congress catches fire; 35,000 books burn 1851 Event - Congress authorizes smallest U.S. silver coin (3 cent piece) 1850 Event - Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 1849 Birthday - Elizabeth Harrison, U.S., educator, National Congress of Parents and Teachers 1849 Event - U.S. Department of the Interior established by Congress 1848 Birthday - Edwin Howland Blashfield, decorated the dome of Library of Congress 1846 Event - Congress charters "nation's attic," Smithsonian Institution 1845 Event - Texas Congress votes for annexation to U.S. 1845 Event - Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western U.S. 1845 Event - Congress authorizes ocean mail contracts for foreign mail delivery 1843 Event - Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US 1842 Event - U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress 1839 Event - Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia 1837 Event - Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9 1837 Event - U.S. president Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas 1836 Event - Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin 1835 Event - Congress authorizes a U.S. mint at New Orleans Louisiana 1834 Event - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 1833 Birthday - Norman Willis, union leader, Britain's Trades Union Congress 1831 Event - National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium 1830 Event - Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie 1826 Event - General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1826 Death - Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist, dies 1824 Event - Simon Bolivar named dictator by the Congress of Peru 1822 Event - In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US 1822 Event - Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory 1819 Event - Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain 1818 Event - Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya 1818 Event - Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1818 Event - Congress decided U.S. flag is 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars 1818 Event - Congress approves 1st pensions for government service 1815 Event - Burned Library of Congress reestablished with Jefferson's 6500 vols 1814 Event - British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books 1813 Event - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain 1813 Event - Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail 1812 Event - Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1808 Event - Congress prohibits importation of slaves 1807 Event - Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1807 Event - Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808 1807 Event - U.S. Coast Survey authorized by Congress 1804 Event - Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana 1803 Event - Congress accepts Ohio's constitution, statehood not ratified till 1953 1802 Event - John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress 1802 Event - Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1800 Event - Congress held 1st session in Washington D.C. in incompleted Capitol building 1800 Event - Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation 1800 Event - Free black community of Philadelphia petitions Congress to abolish slave 1799 Event - Congress standardizes U.S. weights and measures 1799 Event - Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation 1798 Event - Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress 1797 Event - Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks 1794 Event - Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces 1794 Event - Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1794 Event - Congress bans U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries 1794 Event - Congress changes U.S. flag to 15 stars and 15 stripes 1792 Event - Congress establishes Philadelphia mint 1792 Event - Congress passes President Succession Act 1791 Event - 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 1791 Event - Congress establishes U.S. Mint 1790 Event - Congress meets in Philadelphia, new temporary U.S. capital 1790 Event - Congress establishes District of Columbia 1790 Event - Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress 1790 Event - Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency 1790 Event - Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery 1789 Event - 1st congress adjourns 1789 Event - Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) 1789 Event - Congress creates Post Office 1789 Event - 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents and Congress 1789 Event - U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress 1789 Event - Congress creates Department of War and Lighthouse Service 1789 Event - Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, State Department 1789 Event - U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress 1789 Event - 1st U.S. Congress begins regular sessions, Federal Hall, New York City 1789 Event - 1st Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps) 1787 Event - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval 1787 Event - Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 1786 Event - Congress adopts silver dollar and decimal system of money 1785 Event - Congress resolves U.S. currency named "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage 1785 Event - Continental Congress convenes in New York City 1784 Event - Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1784 Event - Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris 1783 Event - Congress ratifies peace treaty between U.S. and England 1782 Event - Congress approves Great Seal of U.S. and eagle as it's symbol 1782 Event - U.S. congress resolves establishment of a U.S. mint 1781 Event - John Hanson elected 1st "President of U.S. in Congress assembled" 1781 Event - Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation 1780 Event - Continental Congress establishes court of appeals 1777 Event - Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress 1777 Event - Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance 1777 Event - Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag 1776 Event - Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France 1776 Event - Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US" 1776 Event - Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States" 1776 Event - Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to U.S. Congress 1776 Event - Continental Congress create a committee to draft Declaration of Independence 1776 Event - Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence 1776 Event - Richard Lee moves Declaration of Independence in Continental Congress 1776 Event - Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington 1776 Event - Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks 1775 Event - 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes U.S. Navy 1775 Event - Congress forms U.S. Marine Corps 1775 Event - Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army 1775 Event - Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1775 Event - Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent 1775 Event - Liberty Bell rang for the 2nd Continental Congress 1775 Event - 2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pennsylvania issues paper currency for 1st time 1775 Event - 2nd Continental Congress names George Washington, supreme commander 1774 Event - 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia 1774 Event - Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment 1774 Event - 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights, Philadelphia 1774 Event - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia 1774 Event - 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) 1765 Event - Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties 1765 Event - Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York 1765 Birthday - Thomas Wilson, born in Staunton, Virginia, politician, lawyer, U.S. Representative from Virginia, served as member of Virginia Senate and Virginia House of Delegates, elected to the Twelfth Congress, as a Federalist 1754 Event - Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians 1731 Birthday - Samuel Huntington, Gov-Ct, Continental Congress president 1644 Event - 1st European peace congress opens in Munster 1579 Event - Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands 1515 Event - Congress of Vienna settles issues between Poland and Holy Roman Empire 1459 Event - Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua |
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