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1991 Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career

1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls

1985 Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress

1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule

1974 Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto

1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate

1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls

1925 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England

1919 Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto

1918 Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence

1916 Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress

1914 Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights)

1913 1st U.S. law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed

1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)

1907 1st federal corrupt election practices law passed

1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features

1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)

1879 Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act

1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed

1867 Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto

1867 Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act

1865 1st U.S. cattle importation law passed

1863 Confederate congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers

1861 Washington D.C. - Crittenden resolution is passed stating that the war is to be fought to preserve union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery

1858 Jewish Disabilities Removal Act passed by British Parliament

1842 1st U.S. child labor law regulating working hours passed (Mass)

1840 Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper and Lower Canada

1819 U.S. passed its 1st immigration law

1814 Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll

1804 Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804

1799 1st U.S. law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts

1793 1st U.S. fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves

1792 U.S. Presidential Succession Act passed

1791 French Constitution passed by French National Assembly

1789 Federal Judiciary Act is passed and creates a six-person Supreme Court

1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes

1765 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists

1649 Maryland Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship

1644 1st U.S. livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut

1642 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts

1629 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia


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