1994 5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth
1994 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time
1994 Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun
1994 Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054)
1994 Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617
1994 House passes the assault weapons ban
1994 Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games
1994 Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20)
1993 John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts)
1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
1993 NAFTA passes House of Representatives
1993 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth
1993 Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years)
1992 Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater)
1992 Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
1992 Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
1991 Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception
1991 Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34)
1991 Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
1991 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
1990 SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Atlanta (45-35)
1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer
1989 N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
1989 Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
1988 NY's MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes
1988 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows
1988 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1988 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist
1987 Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes
1987 Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
1986 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds
1986 Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs New York Jets (51-45)
1986 Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km
1985 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
1985 International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
1985 Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yds
1984 Boston College QB Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard TD (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45
1984 Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes
1984 Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader
1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
1983 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
1983 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs
1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
1982 Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
1981 San Diego Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21)
1981 Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777
1980 Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
1979 Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St. Louis (55-14)
1977 Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881
1976 U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979 - Year of Child
1976 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act
1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
1975 U.N. passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism"
1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
1973 Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout
1972 N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34)
1972 Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner
1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
1970 Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
1970 California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law
1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
1969 Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21)
1969 Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (52-14)
1969 Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos)
1969 On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)
1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
1968 Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7)
1967 U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land
1965 St. L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleveland (49-13)
1965 U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km)
1965 Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes
1965 Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control
1965 John Lennon passes his driving test
1964 Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes
1964 George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts
1964 Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39)
1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
1963 Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49)
1962 New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34)
1962 Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs New York Titans 56-17
1962 House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes
1961 Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Titans (49-13)
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1959 Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
1958 House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
1954 Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21)
1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands
1953 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
1951 Constitution of Jordan passes
1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1951 New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing
1950 Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
1950 Chic Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13)
1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
1949 Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
1948 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe
1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law)
1947 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
1947 National Security Act, passes
1944 U.S. 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders
1943 Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Giants (56-7)
1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10)
1943 U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia
1941 Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu
1940 Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law
1940 U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
1938 Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines
1934 U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act
1934 Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1933 Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"
1929 Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage
1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state
1926 Air Commerce Act passes
1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes
1923 Draft law passes
1920 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted
1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws
1919 AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
1919 British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages
1918 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1917 U.S. passes Selective Service act
1917 Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act
1914 British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover
1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1914 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal
1913 Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japs from owning land
1912 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
1912 U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government
1912 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law
1910 Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km
1907 Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies)
1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber
1898 Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry
1894 Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court
1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law
1893 Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
1890 Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act
1889 Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S.
1889 Kansas passes 1st U.S. antitrust
1886 1st Civil Rights Act passes
1885 Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of fed government)
1882 Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration
1875 Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883
1874 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law
1874 New York legislature passes compulsory education law
1870 Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks)
1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
1869 North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law
1869 Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law
1868 President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr day
1867 British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes
1867 Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto
1867 1st ship passes through Suez Canal
1866 1st Civil Rights Bill passes
1866 House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks)
1866 Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto
1865 Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24)
1864 Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia
1861 U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
1857 England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system
1854 Congress passes Confiscation Act
1850 Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850
1842 Notary Stamp Law passes
1838 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
1834 Charles Darwins company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile
1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
1832 British Parliament passes reform bill
1828 U.S. passes Tariff of Abominations
1823 Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law
1820 Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri
1812 U.S. passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1810 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S.
1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France
1804 Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement
1802 Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library
1799 Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
1798 U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens
1794 Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers
1793 France passes 1st copyright law
1792 Congress passes President Succession Act
1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts
1790 Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1774 Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts
1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill
1773 British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this)
1772 New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine
1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America
1760 New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
1748 English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US
1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
1690 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
1679 Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK
1664 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men
1656 U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers
1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US
1647 Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law
1639 1st annulment by court decree passes
1581 English parliament passes laws against Catholicism
1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope
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