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1996 Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94

1986 Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time

1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days

1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State

1968 Howard University students seize administration building

1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College

1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress

1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements

1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government

1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"

1948 Israel declares independence from British administration

1946 Syria declares independence from French administration

1943 Lebanon declares independence from French administration

1943 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration forms

1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration

1942 Works Progress Administration liquidated

1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II

1941 Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)

1939 Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check

1935 Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration

1933 Public Works Administration becomes effective

1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers

1933 U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized

1930 U.S. Veterans Administration forms

1930 Veterans Administration created

1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South Africa minister of Administration

1914 Jack Delano, born in Kiev, Ukraine, attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, photographer for the Farm Security Administration, composer for Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra

1909 John Arkell, director of administration, BBC

1906 Papua placed under Australian administration

1901 Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War

1884 U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo

1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)


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