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1986 NASA establishes Safety, Reliability Maintain and Quality Assurance
1984 U.S. establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years 1983 Senate establishes Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday 1978 EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System 1977 President Carter establishes Department of Energy 1977 U.S. House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship 1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund 1966 Maulana Karenga establishes Kwanzaa (1st fruits of harvest) holiday 1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress 1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community, known as the Common Market 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1950 U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954) 1947 National Security Act establishes CIA 1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) 1946 U.S. Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ 1945 U.S.S.R. establishes a communist government in North Korea 1944 Prince Bernhard establishes staff in Breda 1943 U.S. 1st Army establishes headquarter in Bristol 1943 Great Britain establishes bases on Azores 1942 French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx" 1942 Bicyclist Fausto Coppi establishes world record (45,848 km) 1942 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1942 Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1941 Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia 1941 PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame 1940 Anton Mussert establishes Dutch SS 1936 Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain 1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages 1933 Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. 1929 President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park 1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1925 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office 1921 U.S. Post Office establishes philatelic agency 1920 League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague 1919 Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam 1917 Cleveland Metropolitan Park District establishes 1916 Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland 1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar 1916 Postal check and Girodienst establishes 1916 National Defense Act establishes ROTC 1914 U.S. Congress establishes mother's day 1913 Cleveland establishes 1st small claims court 1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies 1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund 1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st International radio distress signal 1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize 1893 Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) 1890 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park 1886 Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award 1885 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission 1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1881 Booker T. Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute in Alabama 1875 Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl 1871 Congress establishes the civil service system 1870 U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service 1866 Fisk University establishes 1864 Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday 1863 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops 1862 Congress establishes U.S. Mint in Denver, Colorado 1861 Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade 1861 Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army 1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office 1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine 1850 Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England 1849 Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania 1829 James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute 1819 Congress of Angostura establishes Colombia's independence from Spain 1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar 1800 Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation 1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members 1793 Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva 1793 Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery 1792 U.S. establishes military draft 1792 Congress establishes Philadelphia mint 1791 Congress establishes U.S. Mint 1790 Congress establishes District of Columbia 1789 Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, State Department 1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery) 1780 Continental Congress establishes court of appeals 1777 Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus 1776 Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors 1775 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes U.S. Navy 1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University 1748 Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service 1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants 1682 Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy 1652 John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown 1648 Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen 1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies 1627 English king Charles I establishes Guyana Company 1498 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel 1267 Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem |
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