2014 Event A U.S. House Intelligence Committee investigation into the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, agrees with the Obama administration that U.S. response to the attack was appropriate; miscommunication caused critics to suspect a coverup 1891 Event 52nd Congress (1st to appropriate $1 billion) holds 1st session 1861 Event U.S. marshals appropriate previous year's telegraph dispatches, to reveal prosecessionist evidence
