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1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 U.S. Marines in Lebanon

1965 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson

1962 John F. Kennedy authorized use of federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi

1956 U.S. motto, In God We Trust, authorized

1943 U.S. income tax withholding paycheck deductions authorized

1942 Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized

1942 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service

1942 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress

1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized

1938 U.S. Federal Crop Insurance program authorized

1937 1st U.S. group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington, D.C.

1936 A flag is authorized for Vice President

1935 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York)

1934 U.S. Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized

1933 Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized

1933 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania)

1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized

1933 U.S. Farm Credit Administration authorized

1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress

1921 Canadian 5 cent nickel coin is authorized

1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized

1898 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized

1896 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized

1893 Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized

1881 U.S. Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, San Francisco Bay

1881 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri authorized

1879 U.S. Geological Survey director authorized in Department of the Interior

1877 U.S. troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico

1874 U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized

1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California)

1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress

1869 U.S. Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized

1863 Gold certificates (currency) authorized by Congress

1862 U.S. Army authorized to accept blacks as laborers

1853 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections

1853 Transcontinental railroad survey is authorized by Congress

1853 U.S. Assay Office in New York City authorized

1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps

1845 Uniform U.S. election day for president and VP authorized

1842 U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress

1835 Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Prov Government

1828 Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized

1807 U.S. Coast Survey authorized by Congress

1799 1st U.S. printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania

1798 U.S. Public Health Service forms and U.S. Marine Hospital authorized

1793 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati

1790 1st U.S. census authorized

1776 Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington

1773 Construction authorized for Walnut St. jail (Phila) (1st solitary)



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