2015 Event In response to terrorist dangers such as the January shootings at French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', the French National Assembly passes a law to expand the government's surveillance powers; critics warn that the act will violate civil liberties 2014 Event Japan passes a $29 million fiscal stimulus package to improve the economy; the funds will be allocated to supporting small businesses, stimulating local economic activity, and strengthening areas damaged by destructive natural forces 2014 Event The U.S. House of Representatives passes a $1.1 trillion budget within hours of the deadline, avoiding a government shutdown when current funding expires 2014 Event The world's oldest man, Alexander Imich, passes away at age 111 in New York; the oldest living woman is currently 116 years old and lives in Japan 2013 Event Typhoon Usagi passes through southern China, killing at least 25 people in Hong Kong 2013 Event A controversial bill passes in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies; the bill regulates the distribution of royalties generated from oil exploration, with 75% of funds directed to education only 25% of the funds going to health 2013 Event Russia's parliament passes bills banning homosexual 'propaganda'; police near the Duma take gays into custody after they anti-gay extremists hit them with eggs 2013 Event By a margin of 50-49, the U.S. Senate passes its first budget in four years 2013 Event A near-earth asteroid, called 99942 Apophis, passes close to Earth; astronomers in Europe estimate 99942 Apophis is larger than previously thought 2012 Event An asteroid named 4179 Toutatis, over 3 miles wide, passes within 4.3 million miles, or 18 lunar distances from Earth 2012 Event Thousands of union employees protest outside of the capital building in Lansing, Michigan, as Michigan's government passes legislation, becoming the nation's 24th right-to-work state, and most highly unionized state in the U.S. to have such laws 2012 Event The Libyan parliament passes a vote of no confidence for Mustafa A.G. Abushagur, the first elected Prime Minister of Libya; Abdurrahim El-Keib again takes over the post 2012 Event Lebanon passes a ban prohibiting smoking in closed public places 2012 Event Argentina's Senate passes President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bill to nationalize 51% of oil company YPF with overwhelming majority 2012 Event The U.S. Congress passes legislation to expand the use of drone aircraft in the country 2012 Event In the state of Washington, the State Senate passes legislation allowing same sex marriage 2012 Event For the first time in nearly 17 years, Spain's unemployment number passes five million 2011 Event The General Assembly of Rhode Island passes legislation allowing same-sex couples to enter civil unions 2011 Event A bill banning the abortion of a fetus more than 20 weeks old passes in the Idaho House of Representatives 2009 Event U.S. Senate Committee passes healthcare reform bill, hailed as a 'critical milestone' by President Obama 1994 Event 5m meteor 1994 XM1 passes within 100,000 km of Earth 1994 Event Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time 1994 Event Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun 1994 Event Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054) 1994 Event Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617 1994 Event House passes the assault weapons ban 1994 Event Bernie Kosar is 2nd quarterback to throw TD passes in AFC and NFC Champ games 1994 Event Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20) 1993 Event John Maclean passes Kirk Muller as all-time New Jersey Devils scorer (521 pts) 1993 Event Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales 1993 Event NAFTA passes House of Representatives 1993 Event Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth 1993 Event Uranus passes Neptune (once every 171 years) 1992 Event Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater) 1992 Event Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes 1992 Event Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter 1991 Event Bernie Kosar ends NFL record of 308 passes without an interception 1991 Event Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34) 1991 Event Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards 1991 Event Houston quarterback David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3 1990 Event SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Atlanta (45-35) 1990 Event Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit 1989 Event Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer 1989 Event N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill 1989 Event Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1 1989 Event Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer 1988 Event New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1988 Event Senate passes bill curbing ads during children's TV shows 1988 Event Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th home run into 7th place 1988 Event Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe with his record 1,050th NHL assist 1987 Event Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes 1987 Event Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time 1987 Event Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs 1987 Event 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 Event Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yards 1986 Event Miami Dan Marino passes for 6 touchdowns vs New York Jets (51-45) 1986 Event Japanese probe Suisei passes Halley's Comet at 109,800 km 1985 Event Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points) 1985 Event International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km 1985 Event Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1985 Event Jim Kelly (Houston USFL) passes for pro football record 574 yards 1984 Event Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie passes (472 yards), including game ending 48 yard touchdown (Hail Mary Pass) to end game and beat Miami 47-45 1984 Event Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes 1984 Event Walter Payton passes Jim Brown as NFL's career rushing leader 1983 Event Buffalo Bill quarterback Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs 1983 Event Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out 1983 Event Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs 1983 Event Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes 1982 Event Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) 1981 Event San Diego Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21) 1981 Event Astro's Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as all-time walk leader, 1,777 1980 Event Richard Todd of New York Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record) 1979 Event Voyager 1 passes Jupiter 1977 Event Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St. Louis (55-14) 1977 Event Pete Rose passes Frankie Frisch as switch-hit leader with 2,881 1976 Event U.N. General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979 - Year of Child 1976 Event Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act 1975 Event Congress passes Metric Conversion Act 1975 Event U.N. passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism" 1973 Event Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) 1973 Event Congress passes and sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout 1972 Event N.Y. Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Baltimore Colts (44-34) 1972 Event Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf's all-time money winner 1971 Event Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping 1970 Event Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try 1970 Event California passes 1st "no fault" divorce law 1970 Event Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win 1970 Event Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try 1969 Event Oakland Darryle Lamonica passes for 6 touchdowns vs Buffalo (50-21) 1969 Event Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (52-14) 1969 Event Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 1969 Event On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) 1968 Event Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes 1968 Event Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7) 1967 Event U.N. Sec council passes resolution 242 - Israel must give back occupied land 1965 Event St. L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleveland (49-13) 1965 Event U.S. Mariner IV, 1st Mars probe, passes at 6,100 miles (9,800 km) 1965 Event Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes 1965 Event Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control 1965 Event John Lennon passes his driving test 1964 Event Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes 1964 Event George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts 1964 Event Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Denver (49-39) 1964 Event Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27 1963 Event Oakland Raider Tom Flores passes for 6 touchdowns vs Houston (52-49) 1962 Event New York Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-34) 1962 Event Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs New York Titans 56-17 1962 Event House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex 1962 Event South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1961 Event Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Titans (49-13) 1960 Event Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1960 Event Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill 1959 Event Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans 1958 Event House of Lords passes bill allowing women in 1957 Event Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1954 Event Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21) 1954 Event Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands 1953 Event Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) 1951 Event Constitution of Jordan passes 1951 Event Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards 1951 Event New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing 1950 Event Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record 1950 Event Chicago Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13) 1950 Event Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel 1950 Event South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1949 Event Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cards (52-29) 1949 Event Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1948 Event Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe 1947 Event Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) 1947 Event Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21) 1947 Event National Security Act, passes 1944 Event U.S. 113th cavalry passes Belg-Dutch borders 1943 Event Chicago Bear Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns vs New York Giants (56-7) 1943 Event Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10) 1943 Event U.S. invasion fleet passes Bizerta, Tunisia 1941 Event Futshida's air fleet passes coastline of Oahu 1940 Event Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law 1940 Event U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register 1938 Event Italy passes their own version of anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws 1934 Event Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] and United Air Lines 1934 Event U.S. Congress passes Johnson Debt Default Act 1934 Event Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act 1933 Event Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1933 Event Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary 1931 Event Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1929 Event Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco for LA after trans-Pacific voyage 1928 Event Turkey passes separation of church and state 1926 Event Air Commerce Act passes 1926 Event Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes 1923 Event Draft law passes 1920 Event 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted 1920 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws 1919 Event AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester 1919 Event Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1919 Event British Parliament passes a 48-hour work week with minimum wages 1918 Event House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote 1917 Event U.S. passes Selective Service act 1917 Event Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations 1916 Event Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act 1914 Event British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover 1914 Event British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule 1914 Event 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal 1913 Event Webb Alien Land-Holding Bill passes, forbidding Japanese from owning land 1912 Event Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control 1912 Event U.S. passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition government 1912 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. minimum wage law 1910 Event Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1907 Event Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Netherlands-Indies) 1900 Event Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber 1898 Event Congress passes Volunteer Army Act calling for a Volunteer Cavalry 1894 Event Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court 1894 Event New York passes 1st state dog license law 1893 Event Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks) 1890 Event Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act 1889 Event Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S. 1889 Event Kansas passes 1st U.S. antitrust 1886 Event 1st Civil Rights Act passes 1885 Event Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government) 1882 Event Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration 1875 Event Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883 1874 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law 1874 Event New York legislature passes compulsory education law 1870 Event Congress passes 1st Enforcement Act (rights of blacks) 1870 Event 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 1869 Event North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law 1869 Event Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law 1868 Event President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hour day 1867 Event British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes 1867 Event Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto 1867 Event 1st ship passes through Suez Canal 1866 Event 1st Civil Rights Bill passes 1866 Event House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks) 1866 Event Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1865 Event Congress passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (121-24) 1864 Event Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers 1863 Event Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 1861 Event U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state 1857 Event England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system 1854 Event Congress passes Confiscation Act 1850 Event Congress passes Fugitive Slave Law as part of Compromise of 1850 1842 Event Notary Stamp Law passes 1838 Event Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions 1834 Event Charles Darwin's company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile 1832 Event South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1832 Event British Parliament passes reform bill 1828 Event U.S. passes Tariff of Abominations 1823 Event Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1820 Event Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri 1812 Event U.S. passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims) 1810 Event Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S. 1807 Event Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1804 Event Ohio legislature passes 1st laws restricting free blacks movement 1802 Event Congress passes an act calling for a U.S. Capitol library 1799 Event Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation 1798 Event U.S. passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens 1794 Event Congress passes Neutrality Act, bans Americans from serving in armed forces of foreign powers 1793 Event France passes 1st copyright law 1792 Event Congress passes President Succession Act 1790 Event U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts 1790 Event Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency 1787 Event Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1774 Event Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts 1774 Event English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill 1774 Event Boston Port Bill passes, British close port of Boston to all commerce on June 1st 1774 1773 Event British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) 1772 Event New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine 1767 Event British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 1760 Event New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine 1748 Event English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US 1733 Event England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions 1690 Event England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II 1679 Event Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK 1664 Event Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men 1656 Event U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1652 Event New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1647 Event Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law 1639 Event 1st annulment by court decree passes 1581 Event English parliament passes laws against Catholicism 1542 Event Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard 1534 Event English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope
