2013 Event NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft transmits images that for the very first time, allow scientists to create a 3D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of Mars 1986 Event 1st black lt Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Va) 1957 Event President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction 1946 Birthday Gaylord Birch, drummer, Reconstruction, Honey Dripper 1939 Birthday Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer, Reconstruction 1935 Birthday Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction 1932 Event Reconstruction Finance Corp organized 1921 Death P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84 1918 Death George H White, last post Reconstruction congressman (Penn), dies 1915 Death Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1877 Event President Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends 1874 Event Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction 1868 Death Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76 1867 Event Congress passed 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson's veto 1867 Event Reconstruction enacted 1867 Event Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration 1867 Event Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto 1867 Event Congress passed the 1st Reconstruction Act 1865 Event President Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states 1865 Event Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1863 Event Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South 1836 Event Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem 1821 Birthday Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1815 Birthday Anna Ella Carroll, U.S., civil war writer, Reconstruction 1811 Birthday Charles Sumner, leading Reconstruction senator 1535 Death Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded
