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2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director

1998 New York Giant General Manager George Young resigns to accept NFL position

1989 Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position

1985 Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)

1972 Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86

1967 Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils

1950 Barry Pearson, born in Geneseo, Illinois, born Barry Lynn Pearson, American professional football player, attended Northwestern University, played position of wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs

1947 Lanny Bassham, U.S., rifle-3 position 1976 Olympics gold

1934 W. E. B. Du Bois resigns position at NAACP

1880 Frances Perkins, 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position, Labor

1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality

1841 John Couch Adams decides to determine position of an unknown planet by irregularities it causes in the motion of Uranus

1800 Karl W. Feuerbach, German mathematician, Position of Feuerbach

1783 Britain evacuates New York City, their last military position in US

1690 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, Goldbach position


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