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1997 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
1997 Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death 1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment 1994 Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1992 Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of U.S.S.R. 1991 Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States 1990 Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida 1989 Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud 1989 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing 1984 President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term 1982 U.S. formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama 1980 U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin 1980 Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president 1978 China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension 1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel 1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) 1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt 1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp 1967 Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands 1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base) 1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1945 Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter 1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1924 Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain 1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes 1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens 1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete 1913 Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1898 Hawaii formally annexed to U.S. 1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens 1875 Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens 1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated 1867 Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession 1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1860 Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua 1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin 1849 Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin 1830 Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X 1829 Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens 1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch 1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M 1794 New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British 1775 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes U.S. Navy 1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony 1674 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1501 Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral 1265 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 842 Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches 476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted |
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