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1998 House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment, charging President Clinton with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice

1998 House of Representatives approves impeachment inquiry of President Clinton

1995 Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment

1993 U.S. House of Representatives approve Nafta

1990 U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass

1988 King Hussein dissolves Jordan's House of Representatives

1988 Arizona House of Representatives vote to impeach Republican Gov Evan Mecham

1986 Senate joins House of Representatives voting for sweeping tax reforms

1986 House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion

1983 U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner

1979 House of Representatives begins live television broadcasts via C-SPAN

1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington

1978 House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA

1978 U.S. House of Representatives allows live radio coverage

1977 U.S. House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions

1975 House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to Gen Robert E. Lee

1975 House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill

1974 Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives

1974 U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon

1967 House of Representatives expels Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (307 to 116)

1965 House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop

1965 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain

1964 U.S. House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights

1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in U.S. House of Representatives injuring 5 representatives

1947 House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act

1946 John F. Kennedy elected to House of Representatives

1939 Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in U.S. House of Representatives

1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives

1933 House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition

1925 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage

1919 U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration

1918 House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote

1918 House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler

1917 Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of U.S. House of Representatives

1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote

1898 U.S. House of Representatives accept annexation of Hawaii

1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia is 1st black to make an official speech in House of Representatives (opposing leniency to former Confederates)

1870 Joseph H Rainey, 1st black in House of Representatives (SC)

1868 House of Representatives vote 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson

1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of New York City

1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. president

1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,

1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) in U.S. House of Representatives, after an argument

1789 House of Representatives 1st full meeting, New York City, F Muhlenberg 1st speaker



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