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2013 Event - By a margin of 50-49, the U.S. Senate passes its first budget in four years 2013 Event - A near-earth asteroid, called 99942 Apophis, passes close to Earth; astronomers in Europe estimate 99942 Apophis is larger than previously thought 2012 Event - An asteroid named 4179 Toutatis, over 3 miles wide, passes within 4.3 million miles, or 18 lunar distances from Earth 2012 Event - Thousands of union employees protest outside of the capital building in Lansing, Michigan, as Michigan's government passes legislation, becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state, and most highly unionized state in the U.S. to have such laws 2012 Event - The Libyan parliament passes a vote of no confidence for Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, the first elected Prime Minister of Libya; Abdurrahim El-Keib again takes over the post 2012 Event - Lebanon passes a ban prohibiting smoking in closed public places 2012 Event - Argentina's Senate passes President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bill to nationalize 51% of oil company YPF with overwhelming majority 2012 Event - The U.S. Congress passes legislation to expand the use of drone aircraft in the country 2012 Event - In the state of Washington, the State Senate passes legislation allowing same sex marriage 2012 Event - For the first time in nearly 17 years, Spain's unemployment number passes five million 2011 Event - The General Assembly of Rhode Island passes legislation allowing same-sex couples to enter civil unions 2011 Event - A bill banning the abortion of a fetus more than 20 weeks old passes in the Idaho House of Representatives 2009 Event - U.S. Senate Committee passes healthcare reform bill, hailed as a 'critical milestone' by President Obama 1994 Event - 5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth 1994 Event - Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time 1994 Event - Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun 1994 Event - Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054) 1994 Event - Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617 1994 Event - House passes the assault weapons ban 1994 Event - Bernie Kosar is 2nd quarterback to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games 1994 Event - Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20) 1993 Event - John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts) 1993 Event - Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales 1993 Event - NAFTA passes House of Representatives 1993 Event - Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth 1993 Event - Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years) 1992 Event - Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater) 1992 Event - Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes 1992 Event - Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter 1991 Event - Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception 1991 Event - Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34) 1991 Event - Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards 1991 Event - Houston quarterback David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3 1990 Event - SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Atlanta (45-35) 1990 Event - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1989 Event - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer 1989 Event - N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill 1989 Event - Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1 1989 Event - Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer 1988 Event - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 Event - Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows 1988 Event - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1988 Event - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist 1987 Event - Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes 1987 Event - Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time 1987 Event - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs 1987 Event - For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ 1986 Event - Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards 1986 Event - Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs New York Jets (51-45) 1986 Event - Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1985 Event - Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points) 1985 Event - International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km 1985 Event - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1985 Event - Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards 1984 Event - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Event - Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes 1984 Event - Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader 1983 Event - Buffalo Bill quarterback Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs 1983 Event - Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out 1983 Event - Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs 1983 Event - Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes 1982 Event - Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) 1981 Event - San Diego Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21) 1981 Event - Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 1980 Event - Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) 1979 Event - Voyager 1 passes Jupiter 1977 Event - Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St. Louis (55-14) 1977 Event - Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 1976 Event - U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979 - Year of Child 1976 Event - Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act 1975 Event - Congress passes Metric Conversion Act 1975 Event - U.N. passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism" 1973 Event - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1973 Event - Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1972 Event - N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Baltimore Colts (44-34) 1972 Event - Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner 1971 Event - Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping 1970 Event - Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 1970 Event - California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law 1970 Event - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win 1970 Event - Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try 1969 Event - Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21) 1969 Event - Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (52-14) 1969 Event - Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 1969 Event - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) 1968 Event - Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes 1968 Event - Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7) 1967 Event - U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1965 Event - St. L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleveland (49-13) 1965 Event - U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) 1965 Event - Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes 1965 Event - Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control 1965 Event - John Lennon passes his driving test 1964 Event - Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes 1964 Event - George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts 1964 Event - Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39) 1964 Event - Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27 1963 Event - Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49) 1962 Event - New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34) 1962 Event - Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs New York Titans 56-17 1962 Event - House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex 1962 Event - South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1961 Event - Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Titans (49-13) 1960 Event - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1960 Event - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1959 Event - Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1958 Event - House of Lords passes bill allowing women in 1957 Event - Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1954 Event - Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21) 1954 Event - Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands 1953 Event - Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) 1951 Event - Constitution of Jordan passes 1951 Event - Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards 1951 Event - New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing 1950 Event - Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record 1950 Event - Chicago Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13) 1950 Event - Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1950 Event - South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1949 Event - Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cards (52-29) 1949 Event - Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1948 Event - Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1947 Event - Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) 1947 Event - Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21) 1947 Event - National Security Act, passes 1944 Event - U.S. 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders 1943 Event - Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Giants (56-7) 1943 Event - Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10) 1943 Event - U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia 1941 Event - Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu 1940 Event - Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law 1940 Event - U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register 1938 Event - Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws 1934 Event - Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1934 Event - U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act 1934 Event - Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 Event - Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 Event - Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary 1931 Event - Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1929 Event - Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage 1928 Event - Turkey passes separation of church and state 1926 Event - Air Commerce Act passes 1926 Event - Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1923 Event - Draft law passes 1920 Event - 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted 1920 Event - Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws 1919 Event - AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester 1919 Event - Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1919 Event - British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1918 Event - House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote 1917 Event - U.S. passes Selective Service act 1917 Event - Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations 1916 Event - Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act 1914 Event - British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover 1914 Event - British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule 1914 Event - 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal 1913 Event - Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land 1912 Event - Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control 1912 Event - U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government 1912 Event - Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law 1910 Event - Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1907 Event - Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) 1900 Event - Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1898 Event - Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry 1894 Event - Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1894 Event - New York passes 1st state dog license law 1893 Event - Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) 1890 Event - Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act 1889 Event - Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S. 1889 Event - Kansas passes 1st U.S. antitrust 1886 Event - 1st Civil Rights Act passes 1885 Event - Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1882 Event - Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1875 Event - Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1874 Event - Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law 1874 Event - New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1870 Event - Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) 1870 Event - 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 1869 Event - North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1869 Event - Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law 1868 Event - President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1867 Event - British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes 1867 Event - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto 1867 Event - 1st ship passes through Suez Canal 1866 Event - 1st Civil Rights Bill passes 1866 Event - House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks) 1866 Event - Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1865 Event - Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24) 1864 Event - Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers 1863 Event - Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 1861 Event - U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state 1857 Event - England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system 1854 Event - Congress passes Confiscation Act 1850 Event - Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 1842 Event - Notary Stamp Law passes 1838 Event - Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1834 Event - Charles Darwin's company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile 1832 Event - South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1832 Event - British Parliament passes reform bill 1828 Event - U.S. passes Tariff of Abominations 1823 Event - Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1820 Event - Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri 1812 Event - U.S. passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) 1810 Event - Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S. 1807 Event - Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1804 Event - Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1802 Event - Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1799 Event - Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation 1798 Event - U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 1794 Event - Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1793 Event - France passes 1st copyright law 1792 Event - Congress passes President Succession Act 1790 Event - U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts 1790 Event - Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency 1787 Event - Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1774 Event - Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts 1774 Event - English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1774 Event - Boston Port Bill passes, British close port of Boston to all commerce on June 1st 1774 1773 Event - British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1772 Event - New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine 1767 Event - British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 1760 Event - New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine 1748 Event - English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1733 Event - England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions 1690 Event - England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II 1679 Event - Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK 1664 Event - Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1656 Event - U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1652 Event - New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1647 Event - Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law 1639 Event - 1st annulment by court decree passes 1581 Event - English parliament passes laws against Catholicism 1542 Event - Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard 1534 Event - English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope |
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