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2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director
1994 Darmstadt creates element 110 1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating 1989 MPAA creates NC-17 rating for movies with adult themes 1983 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam 1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory 1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show 1968 Chad creates Union of Central African States 1952 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34 1951 Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1946 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order 9808 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 1938 Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day 1935 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe 1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration 1930 Richard Drew creates Scotch tape 1929 U.S. cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye" 1929 Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1927 President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC) 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland 1920 France creates Lebanon 1918 Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal 1916 Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve 1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce 1896 A. A. Stagg of U Chicago creates football huddle 1894 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration 1891 James Naismith creates the game of basketball 1891 Congress creates U.S. Courts of Appeal 1890 Congress creates Weather Bureau 1888 Congress creates Department of Labor 1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act 1883 Pendleton Act creates basis of U.S. Civil Service system 1870 Congress creates Department of Justice 1867 Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington D.C. 1867 U.S. Congress creates the Department of Education 1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 1862 Lewis Carroll creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice P. Liddell 1861 U.S. creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories 1850 California Legislature creates 9 Bay Area counties 1847 New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration 1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 1825 Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates 1st detachable shirt collar 1824 U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street 1789 Congress creates Post Office 1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court 1789 Congress creates Department of War and Lighthouse Service 1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart 1782 George Washington creates Honorary Badge of Distinction 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol 1637 Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife |
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