2007 Nancy Pelosi is elected Speaker of the House, by a vote of 233-202
2001 Dagmar, blonde, Broadway Open House, dies at 79
2000 Carl Albert, politician, Speaker of the House from 1971-1977, dies at 91
1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice
1998 House of Representatives approves impeachment inquiry of President Clinton
1998 House Judiciary Committee recommends a full impeachment inquiry
1997 "Doll's House," closes at Belasco Theater
1997 "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater New York City
1997 Barry Evans, actor (Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House), dies at 53
1997 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House
1996 Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83
1996 John Bobbitt is put under house arrest in Las Vegas for 120 days
1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of U.S. congress
1995 James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack
1995 Thelma Hulbert, English house painter, dies at 81
1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65
1995 Sinn-Fein leader Gerry Adams visits White House
1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment
1995 London finance house of Barings collapse after losses in Singapore by trader Nick Leeson
1995 Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House
1994 House votes to end lobbyists buying meals and entertainment for Congress
1994 Fire Department puts out smokey electrical fire in White House
1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard
1994 Nancy Keene Lancaster, US/British architect (Binnen House), dies at 96
1994 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48
1994 House passes the assault weapons ban
1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
1994 Tip O'Neill, speaker of the house, dies of cancer
1994 Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
1993 NAFTA passes House of Representatives
1993 U.S. House of Representatives approve Nafta
1993 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67
1993 Troops of President Yelsin occupy Russian White House (parliament)
1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
1993 "In the Summer House" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 25 performances
1993 "In the Summer House" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 25 performances
1992 Mother Clare Hale, cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at 87
1992 Richard H Ichord, U.S. leader of House Un-American Act Comm, dies
1992 Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
1992 House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates
1992 Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies
1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
1991 Sam Rabin, speaker of house, dies at 88
1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1991 "Full House" 100th episode-twins are born
1990 Joan Bennett, U.S. actress (House Across the Bay), dies at 80
1990 Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor, Full House
1990 Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, actor, Full House
1990 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House
1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass
1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
1989 TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
1989 Burma government puts author Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest
1989 William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns
1989 Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million
1988 King Hussein dissolves Jordan's House of Representatives
1988 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham
1987 Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
1987 Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
1986 Jeffery Wood, actor, Austin Warren-In The House
1986 House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker
1986 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
1986 Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms
1986 House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion
1986 Tip O'Neill refuses to let Reagan address House
1986 Ashley Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House
1986 Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress, Michelle-Full House
1985 Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000
1985 Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando
1985 Philadelphia Police bomb a house held by group "Move," kills 11
1985 Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
1984 Dorothy Arnold, actress (House of Fear, Phantom Creeps), dies at 66
1984 Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74
1984 Sunny Johnson, actress (Animal House), dies cerebral hemorrhage at 30
1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured
1983 U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
1983 Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player
1983 John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards
1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R.
1983 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
1982 Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down
1982 Jodie Sweetin, actress, Stephanie Tanner-Full House
1981 Oliver North is assigned to White House duty
1979 Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House
1979 Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49
1979 House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN
1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1978 Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70
1978 House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
1978 Karel G Bakker, actor (Coffee House), dies at 66
1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1978 Shiloh Strong, actor, Maybe This Time, House of Cards
1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies
1978 Marines terminate Molukse action in Province house (1 dead)
1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house
1977 U.S. House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1977 Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison
1977 U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions
1976 R. J. Williams, actor, General Hospital, Full House
1976 Andrea Barber, actress, Kimmy Gibbler-Full House
1976 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1976 Candace H. Cameron Bure, actress, DJ Tanner-Full House
1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1975 Scott E Weinger, New York City, actor, Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House
1975 House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E. Lee
1975 Keri Houlihan, actress, Molly-Our House
1975 House of Commons is broadcast live by radio for 1st time
1975 House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill
1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
1974 House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon
1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
1974 Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives
1974 Chad Allen Lazzari, born in Cerritos, California, actor, David-Our House, St. Elsewhere
1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
1974 U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
1973 Shalom Harlow, born in Toronto, Canada, model, House of Style, Harper's Bazaar
1973 President Nixon's attorney, J Fred Buzhardt, reveals presence of 18 minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate
1973 President Nixon released 1st White House tapes on Watergate scandal
1973 Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House
1973 President Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation
1973 David Friedman, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jason-Little House on the Prairie
1973 Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar
1972 Missy Francis, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Little House on the Prairie
1972 Martin Dies, (Rep)/1st chairman of House Un-American, dies
1972 Damon House, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1971 Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
1971 Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78
1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks
1971 Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House
1971 Shannen Doherty, born in Memphis, Tennessee, actress, Little House, Bev Hills 90210
1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1971 John Guares "House of Blue Leaves," premieres in New York City
1970 Lindsay Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie
1970 Sidney Greenbush, Louisiana, twin actress, Carrie-Little House on Prairie
1969 Brit House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang
1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House
1969 Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. from House
1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam
1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times
1969 Bernadette Devlin elected to British house of commons
1969 Lindsay Kennedy, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Jeb-Little House on the Prairie
1968 Tisha Campbell, Newark, New Jersey, actress, Gina-Martin, House Party
1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies
1968 Joseph Martin Jr, Speaker of the House, dies at 83
1967 Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House
1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87
1967 Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
1967 CBS radio cancels "House Party"
1967 Lori Loughlin, born in Queens, actress, Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House
1967 Human Beatbox, [Darren Robinson], rocker, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock
1967 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1967 J. D. Roth, born in Beverly Hills, California, TV host, Fun House
1967 House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116)
1966 Matthew Laborteaux, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Albert-Little House on Prairie
1966 Kool Rock, [Damon Wimbley], rapper, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock
1966 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
1966 Prince Markie D, [Mark Morale], rocker, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock
1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
1965 House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop
1965 Patrick Laborteaux, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Albert-Little House on Prairie
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Hillside House Ladies' Golf Open
1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House
1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, Louisiana, actress, Little House on the Prairie
1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights
1963 John F. Kennedy's body, lay in repose in East Room of White House
1963 John Stamos, born in Cypress, California, actor, General Hospital, Full House
1963 British House of Commons debates Profumo-Christine Keeler affair
1962 Leslie Landon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie
1962 Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress, Little House on the Prairie
1962 House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1962 Alison Arngrim, actress, Nellie-Little House of the Prairie
1961 Reginald Hudlin, director, House Party
1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1961 Billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I), dies at 71
1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
1961 Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist, Madness-Our House
1961 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education and Labor
1960 Cathy Moriarty, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Raging Bull, Bless This House
1960 San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard
1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
1960 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"
1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions
1960 Guy Chadwick, English singer and songwriter, House of Love
1959 David Coulier, Detroit, actor, Joey Gladstone-Full House
1959 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania
1959 U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1959 Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist, Madness-Our House
1958 1st women in English House of Lords
1958 1st 4 women named to peerage in House of Lords
1958 Neil Finn, rocker, Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House
1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
1957 Joshua Mostel, New York City, actor, Delta House, At Ease
1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visits White House
1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, U.S. author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90
1956 Chris Foreman, guitarist, Madness-Burning Down the House
1956 Bob Saget, Philadelphia, comedian, Full House, America's Funniest Home Video
1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)
1955 Linwood Boomer, Vancouver, actor, Adam-Little House on the Prairie
1955 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow
1955 "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances
1955 Stephen Furst, born in Norfolk, Virginia, actor, Animal House, Elliot-St. Elsewhere
1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 165 performances
1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives
1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters)
1953 Martha Smith, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, Animal House, /playmate, July 1973
1953 David Morse, Beverly Massachusetts, actor, St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves
1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (New York City)
1953 Pamela Roylance, born in Seattle, Washington actress, Sarah-Little House on Prairie
1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies
1952 Tim Finn, rocker, Split Enz, Crowded House, Puberty Blues
1952 David Byrne, guitarist and vocalist, Talking Heads-Burning Down the House
1951 Greg Gluffria, born in Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, House of Lords-Sahara
1951 Lee Wilkof, born in Canton, Ohio, actor, WEB, Delta House, Elliot-Newhart
1951 Jonathan Hogan, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, House on Carroll St
1951 Robbie House, rocker, Snuff
1951 Ray Benson, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, country singer, House of Blue Lights
1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated
1950 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House
1950 Sally Geeson, born in Sussex, England, actress, Bless This House
1950 Gail Rebuck, CEO, Random House
1948 1st U.S. house completely sunheated is occupied (Dover Massachusetts)
1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
1948 Lillian Brainthwaite, British actress (Man About the House), dies at 75
1947 Tim Matheson, born in California, actor, Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek
1947 David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir, Speed the Plow, House of Games
1947 Joe Mantegna, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, House of Games, Weeds
1947 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
1947 House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act
1947 Peter Riegert, born in New York City, actor, Animal House, Crossing Delancey
1946 John F. Kennedy elected to House of Representatives
1945 Jeremy Hanley, British Lower house member
1944 Surprise attack on House of Keeping Axe, 29 prisoners freed
1944 JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
1944 Deidre Hall, Milwaukee, actress, Days of our Lives, Our House
1944 Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secretan/St-Mande
1944 Karen Grassle, born in Berkeley, California, actress, Caroline-Little House on Prairie
1944 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin
1943 Ray Buktenica, born in Greenwich Village, New York City, actor, Rhoda, House Calls
1943 David Downing, born in New York City, actor, Backstairs at the White House
1943 Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language
1943 Newt Gingrich, Rep-R-G, Speaker of House 1995-97
1943 Jonathan Lynn, born in Bath, England, actor, Danny-Doctor in the House
1943 Larry Coryell, born in Galveston, Texas, jazz guitarist, 11th House
1943 Gayle Hunnicutt, Ft. Worth, Texas, actress, Legend of Hell House, Dallas
1943 Richard Moll, Cal, actor, Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor
1942 Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam
1942 Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81
1941 German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
1941 American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Phila
1941 England's House of Commons and Holborn Theater destroyed in a blitz
1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3)
1941 Joni Evans, New York City, publisher, Simon and Schuster, Random House
1940 Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of House
1940 Eric Burdon, rock singer, House of Rising Sun-Animals, War
1939 English Spook house Borley Rectory destroyed in a fire
1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives
1938 John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure
1938 House on un-American Activities forms
1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russ/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77
1937 Anna Massey, actress, De Sade, Doll's House
1936 Joanna Dunham, actress, Possession, House the Dripped Blood
1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
1935 Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader
1935 Patrick Garland, director, Doll House
1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House
1934 Michael Dunn, Shattuck, Oklahoma, actor, House of the Damned, Ship of Fools
1934 Wilford Brimley, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actor, Gus-Our House, Cocoon
1934 Sam Donaldson, born in El Paso, Texas, ABC White House correspondent, Prime Time
1934 [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969
1933 Eric Parker, deputy CEO, Trafalgar House
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House
1933 Wayne Rogers, born in Birmingham, Alabama, actor, M*A*S*H, House Calls, Chiefs
1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
1932 Jeremy Isaacs, general director, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
1932 John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows
1932 John Vernon, Canada, actor, Animal House, Chained Heat, Dirty Harry
1931 Cornerstones laid for Opera House and Veteran's Building
1931 Paul Green's "House of Connelly," premieres in New York City
1931 British House of Commons agrees for sports play on Sunday
1930 Clive Revill, born in Wellington, New Zealand, actor, Legend of Hell House
1930 Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
1929 Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House
1929 Eileen Barton, Brooklyn, singer, Broadway Open House
1929 Marilyn Clark, Spokane, Washington, actress, House of Party Beach
1929 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
1929 Shirley Ann Grau, author, Keepers of the House
1929 1st telephone installed in White House
1929 Thomas S. Foley, Rep-D-WA, 1965-94, majority whip and speaker of house
1927 John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75
1927 Baruch Spinosa's house of mourning opened as a museum
1927 1st national opera broadcast from a U.S. opera house (Faust, Chicago)
1926 Dagmar, Huntington, West Virginia, actress, Broadway's Open House
1926 H R Haldeman, former White House Chief of Staff, Watergate figure
1926 Buddy Greco, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Away We Go, Broadway Open House
1926 Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician, Wyoming house of Reps
1925 Faith Domergue, born in New Orleans, actress, House of 7 Corpses
1925 Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords, chief opposition whip
1925 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
1923 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law
1923 Miles Wingate, deputy master, Trinity House
1923 Maxine Audley, born in London, actress, Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards
1923 Robert L Bernstein, New York City, publisher, Random House
1922 James C Wright, Jr., Rep-D-Texas, Speaker of House, 1987-89
1922 Royal Dano, New York City, actor, Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II
1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1922 Denholm Elliott, London, actor, Alfie, Cuba, Doll's House, King Rat
1922 Radio arrives at the White House
1922 Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative
1920 George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House," premieres in New York City
1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration
1919 Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords
1919 Eileen Heckart, born in Columbus, Ohio, actress, Doll's House, Trauma Center
1918 Donald Regan, White House staffer/U.S. Secretary of Treasury, 1981-85
1918 Anne Gwynne, Waco, Texas, actress, Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein
1918 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1918 Jorn Utzon, Danish architect, Sydney Opera House
1918 House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
1917 Dave Street, born in Los Angeles, California, actor/singer, Broadway Open House
1917 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House
1917 Margaret Taylor Burroughs, U.S. author/house painter, Black Queen
1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives
1917 Dabbs Greer, born in Fairview, Missouri, actor, Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie
1916 Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO, International Publishing House
1915 Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, deputy speaker, House of Lords
1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote
1914 Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House
1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman, Comm House of Lords
1914 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Eleanor marries in White House
1914 British House of Lords rejects women suffrage
1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House
1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law
1913 British House of Commons rejects woman's right to vote
1913 House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
1912 Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, Rep-D-Mass 1977-86, /Speaker of the House
1912 Preston Lockwood, actor, House of Windsor, Black Candle
1912 Ernest Clark, born in London, England, actor, Doctor in the House
1911 Parliament Act reduces power of House of Lords
1911 Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam
1911 Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura
1911 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill
1910 Artie Shaw, [Arthur Arshawsky], New York City, bandleader, Come'on my House
1909 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader, 1941-45
1908 Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer, This Old House
1908 Karl Swenson, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Lara-Little House on the Prairie
1908 Carl Albert, D, speaker of the House
1908 Carl Albert, U.S. speaker of house, 1971-77
1908 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
1907 Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect
1907 Ralph Michael, born in London, England, actor, Quest, Doctor in the House
1907 Sutro's ornate Cliff House in San Francisco destroyed by fire
1906 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78
1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House
1905 Leila Hyams, New York City, actress, Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap
1905 Clara "Mother" Hale, U.S. social worker, Hale House
1904 Norbert E Fonteyne, Flemish writer, Guest house Vives
1903 Enrico Caruso U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, New York) in "Rigoletto"
1903 Anais Nin, born in Paris, novelist, Winter of Artifice, House of Incense
1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland
1902 Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues
1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"
1900 Polly Adler, Russia, bordello proprieter/author, House is not a Home
1898 U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii
1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher, Random House, panelist, What's My Line
1898 Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect, Finlandia House
1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House
1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
1896 Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress, House of Games, Flashdance, Charly
1896 Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952)
1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Empty House"
1893 Kay Fisker, Danish architect, Hornbeck House, Copenhagen
1892 New York City Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1892 James Keir Hardie chosen 1st socialist in British Lower house
1891 John W. McCormack, D, Speaker of House, 1962-70
1890 Billy House, Minnesota, actor, Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg and I
1890 Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
1888 Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish, male, writer, House of Children
1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
1883 Original Metropolitan Opera House (New York City) grand opening (Faust)
1882 Edward Hopper, U.S. painter, House by the Railroad
1882 Samuel Rayburn, Tennessee, Rep-D-Tx, speaker of the House, 1940-57
1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory
1878 1st White House telephone installed
1878 Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1878 1st Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
1874 U.S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
1874 I D Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Miss legislature
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)
1870 Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps
1870 Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC)
1870 1st (4) blacks elected to House of Reps
1868 House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York
1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie
1866 House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks)
1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF
1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot
1865 Chicago's Crosby Opera House opens
1865 Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in U.S. House of Reps
1864 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
1864 Battles at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1864 Battle of Antietam, Virginia (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1863 Cliff House opens in San Francisco (1st of many on site)
1863 Battle of Brady Station, Virginia (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)
1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House)
1863 Battle of Grand Gulf MS and Dinwiddie Court House VA
1862 Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
1861 Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV
1861 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Virginia
1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
1861 U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York City
1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
1851 John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house member
1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-50), dies in White House at 65
1849 Pack destroys Astor Place opera house in New York City (22 killed)
1849 Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist, bath house
1848 Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk's administration)
1846 Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member
1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80
1844 Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, U.S. House of Representative
1842 John Tyler's daughter Elizabeth marries in White House
1833 1st U.S. college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded
1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1831 Former President John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
1830 Adolph Sutro, San Francisco mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels
1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president
1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,
1822 House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged)
1820 James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House
1818 Official reopening of the White House
1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
1809 Royal Opera House in London opens
1809 Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war
1806 James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson, 1st born in White House
1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne, Massachusetts, author, House of 7 Gables, Scarlet Letter
1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr
1800 John Adams is 1st President to move into the White House
1800 1st president to live in white house (John Adams)
1800 White House completed and President and Mrs. John Adams move in
1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument
1797 John Wilkes, English journalist/Higher/Lower house leader, dies at 72
1793 Curacao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
1792 Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)
1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect (Syon House, Middlesex), dies at 63
1789 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York
1789 House of Representives 1st meeting
1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker
1787 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam
1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses)
1774 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright
1764 John Wilkes thrown out of Engl House of Commons for "Essay on Women"
1763 Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House
1759 British Museum opens in Montague House, London
1758 George Washington admitted to Virginia House of Burgess
1724 George Stubbs, England, animal painter, House Frightened by Lion
1689 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords
1679 English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill
1653 Cromwell routes English parliament to house
1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59
1640 English Upper house accept Act of Attainder
1629 English king Charles I leaces house of commons
1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81
1619 House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective U.S. governing body
1610 King James I addresses English House of Commons
1609 Judith J Leyster, Dutch house painter, baptised
1604 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, Maurits House
1531 "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted
1480 Rene, last heir of house of Anjou, dies
1360 Louis, founder of house of Anjou
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