2013 Event Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets 2012 Event A truth commission created by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff convenes to investigate the country's military dictatorship 2011 Event The 41st World Economic Forum convenes in Davos, Switzerland 1987 Event 100th U.S. Congress convenes 1986 Event 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles 1946 Event U.N. General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st New York City-Flushing Meadows) 1922 Event Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference 1920 Event Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series 1919 Event Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland) 1912 Event National Council of Young Israel convenes 1901 Event 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes 1899 Event 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes 1895 Event 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes 1893 Event 53rd Congress (1893-95) convenes 1891 Event 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes 1889 Event Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 1885 Event 49th Congress (1885-87) convenes 1883 Event 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes 1881 Event 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes 1877 Event 45th Congress (1877-79) convenes 1875 Event 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes 1850 Event 1st national women's rights convention convenes in Worcester Mass 1849 Event California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey 1845 Event 1st legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii 1839 Event 1st U.S. anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY 1807 Event Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris 1790 Event Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (New York City) 1785 Event Continental Congress convenes in New York City 1775 Event 2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pennsylvania issues paper currency for 1st time 1774 Event 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) 1765 Event Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York
