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2008 Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act, dies
2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director 1998 Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer 1995 Mary Wickes, actress (Sister Act), dies at 79 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden act to join European Union 1993 Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per 1992 Richard H Ichord, U.S. leader of House Un-American Act Comm, dies 1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect 1990 President Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990 1990 President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act 1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act 1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress 1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade 1984 Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes 1983 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act 1983 Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended 1982 Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote 1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act 1981 John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon 1980 Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women 1978 "Act" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 233 performances 1977 "Act" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 233 performances 1976 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act 1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act 1974 Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto 1974 Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor 1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law 1972 President Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act 1967 Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour 1967 Monkees perform at Forest Hills, New York, Jimi Hendrix is opening act 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Freedom of Information Act 1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 Federal Voting Rights Act guarantees black voting rights 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing voting rights for blacks 1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act 1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27 1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes) 1963 Rolling Stones 1st tour (opening act for Bo Diddley and Everly Bros) 1963 John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act" 1963 Equal Pay Act enacted 1962 Giulla Boschi, Italian actress, Act of Contrition, Bonus Malus 1962 John F. Kennedy authorizes Area Redevelopment Act 1962 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit 1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 1959 Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House 1958 National Defense Education Act was signed 1958 President Eisenhower signs NASA and Space Act of 1958 1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1957 Kathy Najimy, actress, Sister Act, Veronica's Closet 1957 Jenifer Lewis, actress, Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed 1956 Kraft Theater presents an act from "Profiles in Courage" 1955 Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God 1955 1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum 1954 Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53 1954 Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 signed 1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party 1954 Virgin Islands (U.S.) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act) 1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands 1952 Canadain Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted 1950 Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act) 1950 South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1948 Britain's National Health Service Act begins 1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1947 National Security Act, passes 1947 National Security Act establishes CIA 1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act 1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress 1947 President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act 1947 House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act 1947 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights", Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1941 U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Selective Training and Service Act (1st peacetime draft) 1940 U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register 1939 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers 1938 Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy 1937 U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs act of neutrality 1936 Virgin Islands receives a constitution from U.S., Organic Act 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs 2nd neutrality act 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting export of U.S. arms to belligerents 1935 Social Security Act becomes law 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs National Labor Relations Act 1935 Supreme Court declares FDR's National Recovery Act unconstitutional 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Federal Credit Union Act, establishing Credit Unions 1934 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act 1934 U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act 1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1933 Federal Securities Act signed 1933 Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams 1933 Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1933 U.S. Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition 1932 1st U.S. state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin) 1931 Ottawa Mint Act is proclaimed in England 1929 Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier 1928 George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act, Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals 1928 U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1926 Air Commerce Act passes 1926 Martin Peake, born in England, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act 1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1926 Railway Labor Act became law 1925 Geraldine Brooks, New York City, actress, Faraday and Co, Dumplings, Act of Murder 1925 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England 1924 Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1921 President Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes 1920 King George V signs Home Rule Act 1919 Government of Ireland Act of Power (Home Rule for Ireland) 1919 Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto 1919 U.S. Congress sign Volstead Act 1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress 1919 Assent is given to an Act to amend the Canadian Currency Act, 1910 1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act 1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence 1917 U.S. passes Selective Service act 1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted 1916 Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress 1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) 1916 U.S. Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence 1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act 1916 Mary Wickes, character actress, Sister Act 1916 National Defense Act establishes ROTC 1916 U.S. president Wilson signs Harrison Drug Act 1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription) 1914 Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights) 1914 Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent 1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law 1912 Plant Quarantine Act goes into effect 1912 British National Health Insurance Act goes into effect 1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords 1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) 1910 Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent 1908 Aldrich Vineland Currency Act forerunner to Federal Reserve System 1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act adopted 1906 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business 1906 Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act 1905 Dore Schary, producer/writer/director, Act 1, Boys Town, Big City 1904 Moss Hart, born in Bronx, New York, playwright, You Can't Take it With You, Act 1 1901 Ottawa Mint Act receives Royal Assent 1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry 1897 Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress/act teacher, Goethe/Brecht 1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1894 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks 1893 Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 1893 Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act 1893 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) 1893 Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the U.S. rank of ambassador 1890 Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act 1889 Robert Taft, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Senator-R-Ohio 1939 - 1953, Taft-Hartley Act 1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1886 1st Civil Rights Act passes 1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1884 U.S. Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional 1883 Pendleton Act creates basis of U.S. Civil Service system 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: U.S. Congress ceases Chinese immigration 1882 Edmunds Act adopted by U.S. to suppress polygamy in the territories 1879 Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act 1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London 1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1872 Amnesty Act restores civil rights to Southerners (except for 500) 1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act 1871 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus) 1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections 1870 Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) 1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible 1867 Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes 1867 Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto 1867 Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act 1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act 1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr 1862 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union 1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land 1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges 1862 Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West 1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC 1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1859 Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet, Act of Simple Justice 1858 Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament 1857 England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system 1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act 1849 Gold Coinage Act authorizes $20 Double Eagle gold coin 1842 U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress 1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada 1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics 1815 39 German states unite under Act of Confederation 1809 Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed 1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1802 Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress 1798 Sedition Act prohibits "false, scandalous and malicious" writing against U.S. government 1798 U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 1794 Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1792 U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed 1792 Congress passes President Succession Act 1791 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits and carriages) 1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency 1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court 1789 U.S. Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act 1789 U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress 1789 1st U.S. tariff act 1789 1st U.S. congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths) 1784 English parliament accept India Act 1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act 1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes 1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts 1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1770 George Grenville, British premier (1763-65)/Stamp Act, dies at 58 1768 Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 1766 Britain repeals the Stamp Act 1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act 1766 Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia 1765 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies 1765 Stamp Act Congress met in New York, wrote declaration of rights and liberties 1765 Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" 1765 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers 1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists 1754 Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57 1749 British parliament accept Consolidation Act: fleet reorganization 1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover 1694 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1690 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II 1679 Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 1679 Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK 1673 English king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions 1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies 1663 English parliament accepts Staple Act 1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 1662 Uniformity Act of England goes into effect 1661 Corporation Act enforced in England 1661 Parliament confirms Navigation Act 1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off 1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship 1641 English king Charles I accept Triennial Act 1640 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder 1549 England enforces Act of Supremacy 1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1534 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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