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2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52
1998 U.S. movie box office hits record $6.24 billion for year 1998 U.S. movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days) 1998 Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament 1997 For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion 1994 Helicopter crashes into office building in San Jose, California, 1 dead 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam 1989 Reagan becomes 1st President elected in a "0" year, since 1840, to leave office alive 1988 Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes 1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches 1987 Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G. Harrelson 1986 Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office 1986 Senate convicted U.S. District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment 1984 Rajiv Gandhi takes office as India's 6th Prime Minister succeeds his mother, Indira Gandhi 1982 U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York closes 1982 Supreme Court rules President can't be sued for actions in office 1979 U.N.'s Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps 1978 Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran 1978 Muriel Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1978, wife of late Hubert Humphrey takes his office 1978 Governor Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building 1977 U.S. Railway Post Office final train run, New York to Washington D.C. 1974 President Gerald Ford, assumes office after Richard Nixon's resignation 1974 President Richard M Nixon announces he'll resign his office 12PM Aug 9 1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office 1970 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies 1968 Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1965 London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England 1965 Catherine Dale Owen, actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62 1965 Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional 1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes 1964 J Howard Frazer, USTA president, dies in office 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military 1963 56th Postmaster General: John A Gronouski of Wis takes office 1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1960 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration 1960 1st fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI 1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76 1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as Prime Minister of Canada 1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery 1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized 1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1953 John Denham, born in Seaton, England, John Yorke Denham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, served, then resigned as, Minister of State at the Home Office in 2003, over the Iraq War 1951 Baseball Commish Happy Chandler loses fight (9-7) to stay in office 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities 1947 British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office 1946 Michael Jack, British minister of state-home office 1945 U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) disbands 1945 55th Postmaster General: Robert E Hannegan of Mo takes office 1944 Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R) 1944 Opposition group surprise attack post office Washer 1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd 1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China 1943 NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier 1943 World's largest office building, Pentagon, completed 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt forms Office of Economic Stabilization 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Office of War with Elmer Davis as head 1942 OSS, Office of Strategic Services, forms 1942 William McLennan, CEO, Central Statistical Office 1941 U.S. Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II 1941 Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing) 1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA 1940 54th Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office 1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office 1938 Russell Hillhouse, under-sect Scottish Office 1936 Quiroga government takes office in Spain 1935 Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank 1933 1st female director (Nellie T Ross) of U.S. Mint takes office 1932 Jack Hibbert, director, Central Statistical Office 1931 Gerald Warner, deputy secretary, Cabinet Office 1930 Ronald Dearing, chairman, British Post Office 1928 1st U.S. air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio 1927 John Freeland, Legal advisor U.K. foreign office 1927 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes 1927 Anthony Garner, director, Conservative Central Office 1926 De Geer government in Netherlands takes office 1925 Monica Lewis, actress, Box Office 1925 Tom Jackson, British union leader, Post Office 1925 Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office 1924 Sam Wainwright, deputy chairman, British Post Office 1924 John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office 1922 Barend Busnac, office clerk/resistance fighter 1921 U.S. Post Office establishes philatelic agency 1920 Albertus Meintser, office clerk/resistance fighter 1918 Peter A. Juten, office clerk/resistance fighter 1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1917 Jacob Everaers, office clerk/resistance fighter 1917 Lawrence F O'Brien, Watergate conspirators broke into his office 1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin 1915 1st elected Jewish governor, Moses Alexander, takes office in Idaho 1914 U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail 1914 New York Post Office Building opens to public 1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries 1911 Stuart Rose, designer, British Post Office 1911 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri closes 1910 Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR/writer, Murder in the Oval Office 1909 U.S. pressure forces Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya from office 1909 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens 1908 U.S. Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah authorized 1907 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office) 1905 Harry Campion, statistician and founder, British Central Statistical Office 1903 Catherine Dale Owen, actress, Behind Office Doors, Louisville, Kentucky 1903 President T Roosevelt shuts down post office in Indianola Miss, for refusing to accept its appointed postmistress because she was black 1902 Kitty Kelly, born in New York City, actress, Ladies of the Jury, Behind Office Doors 1900 U.S. Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps 1898 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized 1898 Post Office authorizes use of postcards 1898 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens 1896 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized 1894 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in U.S. 1892 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1892 Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor, From Office Stool to High C 1891 Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department) created 1885 Thomas A Hendricks, 21st Vice President, dies at 66, 8 months after taking office 1885 U.S. Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail 1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office 1881 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri opens 1881 Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens 1881 U.S. Assay Office in St. Louis, Missouri authorized 1877 U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana opens 1876 New Orleans Mint reopens as an assay office 1876 29th Postmaster General: James N. Tyner of Indiana takes office 1874 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office 1874 Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia 1874 27th Postmaster General: James W. Marshall of New Jersey takes office 1874 U.S. Assay Office in Helena, Montana authorized 1873 P B S Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana governor 1872 1st black U.S. Governor took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) 1872 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office 1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress 1869 U.S. Assay Office in Boise, Idaho authorized 1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office 1866 Nitroglycerine at Wells Fargo and Co office explodes 1861 British Post Office Savings Banks opens 1861 Anaheim Post Office established 1861 President Lincoln opens Government Printing Office 1861 Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington 1861 President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington D.C. to take office 1860 Congress establishes Government Printing Office 1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st U.S. superintendent of agriculture 1856 Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens 1854 U.S. Assay Office in New York City, New York opens 1853 U.S. Assay Office in New York City authorized 1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office 1850 Hawaiian post office established 1850 17th Postmaster General: Nathan K Hall of New York takes office 1848 Post office at Clay and Pike opens 1848 James K. Polk became 1st President photographed in office by Matthew Brady 1847 Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps 1844 Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office 1843 1st Catholic governor in U.S., Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office 1841 William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st President to die in office, at 68 1840 William Kneass, 3rd U.S. chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office 1836 Patent Office burns in Wash, DC 1829 John Mercer Langston, 1st black to hold U.S. political office 1823 9th Postmaster General: John McLean of Ohio takes office 1813 Office of surgeon general of the U.S. Army forms 1812 George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President, dies at 73 1st Vice President to, die in office 1801 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia 1794 U.S. Post Office established 1791 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office 1789 Congress creates Post Office 1789 U.S. Attorney General Office is created 1789 Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department 1789 U.S. Post Office established 1775 1st Postmaster General: Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office 1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC) 1746 Robert Livingston, delivered oath of office to George Washington 1661 French King Louis XIV ends office of premier 1639 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts 1635 Virginia Governor John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office 1598 London's head office of Hanze closed 1498 Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess 1415 Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office 418 Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire |
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