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1996 Death - 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 Event - Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time

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

1968 Event - Students seize administration building at Ohio State

1968 Event - Howard University students seize administration building

1967 Event - 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College

1961 Event - Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress

1960 Birthday - Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer

1954 Event - India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements

1949 Event - Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government

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

1948 Event - Israel declares independence from British administration

1946 Event - Syria declares independence from French administration

1943 Event - Lebanon declares independence from French administration

1943 Event - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration forms

1942 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration

1942 Event - Works Progress Administration liquidated

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

1941 Event - Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing)

1939 Event - Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check

1935 Event - Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress

1933 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration

1933 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration

1933 Event - Public Works Administration becomes effective

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

1933 Event - U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized

1930 Event - U.S. Veterans Administration forms

1930 Event - Veterans Administration created

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

1914 Birthday - 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 Birthday - John Arkell, director of administration, BBC

1906 Event - Papua placed under Australian administration

1901 Birthday - 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 Event - U.S. Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo

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


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