Historical Political Events for July 4 Year Event 1776 The Declaration of Independence signed July 4 at Philadelphia 1826 Former presidents Thomas Jefferson...
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Historical Political Events for July 5 Year Event 1865 The United States Secret Service was created by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch to suppress...
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Historical Political Events for July 6 Year Event 1535 Sir Thomas More , who first conceived of a place called Utopia, appointed to the position of "Lord...
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Historical Political Events for July 7 Year Event 1846 At the end of the Mexican War, US annexes California . "Manifest Destiny" made us do it. 1898 President...
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Historical Political Events for July 8 Year Event 1969 US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1989 Jack Kemp, secretary of Housing and Urban Development,...
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Historical Political Events for July 9 Year Event 1973 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established this month to fight the "Drug War". It, of course,...
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Historical Political Events for July 10 Year Event 1954 The Agriculture Trade and Development Act (P. L. 480) , signed into law by President Eisenhower,...
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Historical Political Events for July 11 Year Event 1798 US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress 1916 The Federal Highway act is passed by Congress and...
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Historical Political Events for July 12 Year Event 1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes) 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per...
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Historical Political Events for July 12 Year Event 1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes) 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per...
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Historical Political Events for July 13 Year Event 1787 "Northwest Ordinance" passed, providing for the orderly addition of new states and provision for...
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Historical Political Events for July 14 Year Event 1789 Bastille day. The French Revolution began on this date, with the storming of the Bastille. By the next...
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Historical Political Events for July 15 Year Event 1830 The Sac and Fox Indians ceded all their lands east of the Mississippi to the U.S. . The terms being...
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Historical Political Events for July 16 Year Event 1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia. 1798 US Public Health Service established . 1918 Tsar...
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Historical Political Events for July 17 Year Event 1862 Lincoln signs the second Confiscation Act which, among other things, allows for the confiscation of...
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Historical Political Events for July 16 Year Event 1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia. 1798 US Public Health Service established . 1918 Tsar...
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Historical Political Events for July 18 Year Event 1956 Narcotic Control Act of 1956 became law. The act increased still further the penalties for violation of...
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Historical Political Events for July 19 Year Event 1993 FBI director, Williams Sessions, was sacked by President Clinton for incompetence and lying . 1993...
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Historical Political Events for July 20 Year Event 1777 Cherokee Indians ceded all their lands east of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina in...
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Historical Political Events for July 21 Year Event 1930 US Veterans Administration established 1938 Janet Reno Born on this date. Appointed U.S. Attorney...
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Historical Political Events for July 24 Year Event 1847 U.S. Army marches for Salt Lake City for a planned invasion to drive out the Mormon "insurgents" . To...
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Historical Political Events for July 22 Year Event 1937 On this date, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) is established through the passage of the...
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Historical Political Events for July 23 Year Event 1851 Sioux chieftains ceded all Sioux lands in Iowa and some in Minnesota to the U.S. Government by treaty....
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Historical Political Events for July 25 Year Event 1963 The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear test-ban treaty in Moscow....
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Historical Political Events for July 26 Year Event 1908 FBI created. A discussion of current deterioration here. 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes...
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Historical Political Events for July 27 Year Event 1789 Department of State created 1916 Congress passed an act that extended the limits of levee construction...
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Historical Political Events for July 28 Year Event 1868 The 14th Amendment is declared ratified by the states. Its ratification was controversial due mainly to...
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Historical Political Events for July 29 Year Event 1829 The Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians cede land in Michigan Territory. 1958 President Eisenhower...
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Historical Political Events for July 30 Year Event 1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency ( WAVES ) 1956 US motto "In God We Trust"...
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Historical Political Events for July 31 Year Event 1912 US government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights. ( Censorship? ) 1948 HUAC begins...
