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2003 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)
2003 Rose Bowl, Oklahoma Sooners beat Washington State Cougars 34 - 14 2002 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush likens Iraq, Iran and North Korea to an 'axis of evil' 2000 19th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Corel State Spectrum 1998 State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1998 Matt Beck, an angry lottery accountant kills 4 at Connecticut state lottery 1998 Rose Bowl, Michigan Wolverines beat Washington State Cougars 21 - 16 1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic 1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit 1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1 1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17 1996 Lew Ayres, screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at 88 1996 Robert J. Morris, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, dies at 81 1996 Nebraska and Penn State are 5th and 6th major colleges to win 700 1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Alabama) 1996 Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1996 Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs. United States 1996 "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies 1996 Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies 1996 "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1995 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State (RB) 1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1995 New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1995 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo 1994 John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at 66 1994 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 85 1994 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State 1961 - 1969, dies at 85 1994 Barb Mucha wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1994 Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81 1994 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington D.C.) 1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 67 1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48 1994 -36 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in New Whiteland, Indiana (state record) 1993 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (quarterback) 1993 "Cinderella" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 14 performances 1993 Puerto Rico votes against becoming the 51st U.S. state 1993 "Cinderella" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 14 performances 1993 Boris Yeltsin declares state of emergency in Moscow 1993 PLO recognizes state of Israel 1993 Helen Dobson wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic 1993 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40) 1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at 47 1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82 1993 Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3 1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1991 San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles 1991 "Brigadoon" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 12 performances 1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party - Assistant Secretary of state 1991 Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb 1991 "Brigadoon" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 12 performances 1991 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 1991 "Most Happy Fella" closes at New York State Theater New York City 1991 Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17 1991 JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies 1991 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds 1991 Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record 1991 "Most Happy Fella" opens at New York State Theater New York City 1991 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances 1991 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic 1991 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances 1991 College World Series: Louisiana State defeats Wichita State 6-3 1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAAer to get 1,000 assists 1991 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117 1990 Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17 1990 "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances 1990 Secretary of State James Baker visits U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia 1990 "Street Scene" closes at New York State Theater New York City after 6 performances 1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister 1990 "Street Scene" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 6 performances 1990 "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances 1990 New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities 1990 South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency 1990 Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state building in 1930, dies 1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week 1990 Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 1990 Michael Stewart, U.K. Secretary of State 1965 - 1966, 1968 - 1970, dies 1989 East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns 1989 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Netherlands 1st female advisor of State, dies 1989 Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open 1989 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia, state record 1989 N.Y. State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill 1989 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63 1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB) 1988 PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence 1988 Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open 1988 Secretary of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia 1987 State of siege ends in Taiwan 1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1987 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ 1986 John Antill, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, dies at 82 1986 Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State 1986 Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege 1986 President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself 1985 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India 1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1985 15.4 cm rainfall at Cheyenne, Wyoming (state record) 1985 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), St. George, Utah (state rec) (103 degrees spread, UT 1985) 1985 -61 degrees F (-52 degrees C), Maybell, Colorado (state record) 1985 -69 degrees F (-56 degrees C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record) 1985 -30 degrees F (-34 degrees C), Mountain Lake Bio Station, Virginia (state record) 1985 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) 1985 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Mitchell, North Carolina (state record) 1984 Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to New Jersey Nets 124-110 1984 Washington State's Rueben Mayes sets col football rec of 357 yards rushing 1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 1983 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record) 1983 Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion 1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title 1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) 1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record) 1982 Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 1982 Secretary of State Alexander Haig, Jr. resigns, replaced by George Schultz 1981 San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to set NBA reg game record 1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Building, 10m 1981 Philippino president Marcos ends state of siege 1981 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record) 1980 Alexander Haig named Reagan's Secretary of State 1980 John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92 1980 1st female state police graduates, New Jersey 1980 Mount St. Helens blows its top in Washington State, 60 die 1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns 1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record) 1979 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record) 1979 41st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Michigan State beats Indiana State. 75-64 1979 Michigan State Spartans snaps Indiana State's 33-game win streak 1979 -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record) 1979 Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm 1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach 1978 Theodore Bundy kills Florida State University coeds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman 1977 Dr. Clifford R Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University of NY 1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license 1977 Attempt for Moslem state in Chad fails 1976 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students 1976 East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to 1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Penn State 6 1975 41st Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) 1975 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) at Providence, Rhode Island (state record) 1975 107 degrees F (42 degrees C) at Chester/New Bedford, Massachusetts (state record) 1975 Joe Smith, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors 1975 8.5" (21.6 cm) of rainfall, Dover, Delaware (state record) 1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec) 1975 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency 1975 Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship 1975 Penn is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in HS sports 1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB) 1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state 1974 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64 1973 39th Heisman Trophy Award: John Cappelletti, Penn State (RB) 1973 New Jersey becomes 1st state to allow girls into little league 1973 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2 years) 1973 Henry Kissinger, sworn in as Secretary of State 1973 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 1973 Donyell Marshall, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors 1973 Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics 1972 39th Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma 14 beats Penn State 0 1972 Clifford Rozier, NBA center and forward, Golden State Warriors 1972 10.84" (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record) 1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota, state record 1972 John Lennon's political "Sometime in New York City" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" and "Luck of the Irish" 1972 Leta Lindley, born in Phoenix, Arizona, LPGA golfer, 1995 State Farm Rail-3rd 1972 Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State Warriors, 162-99, by then record 63 pts 1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48 1972 British Government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike 1972 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota 1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh 1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey 1971 Tammy Harris, Williamstown, New York, Miss America-New York State 1997 1971 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison 1971 State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination 1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance 1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination 1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed 1971 Helen Dobson, Skegness England, golfer, 1993 State Farm Rail Classic 1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state 1971 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record) 1971 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate 1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a California state historical landmark 1970 Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30 1970 Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record) 1970 National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U 1970 Stefania Croce, Bergamo Italy, golfer, 95 State Farm Rail Classic-11 1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College 1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) 1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio 1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard 1970 Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state 1970 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hr rec) 1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington, New Hampshire a state record 1969 69 cm rainfall in Nelson Co., Virginia (state record) 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Duane Bock, born in Southampton, New York, golfer, 1991 Low Amateur New York State Open 1969 Jon Barry, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors 1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances 1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency 1968 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Mazama and Winthrop, Washington (state record) 1968 Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike 1968 15.68" (39.83 cm) of rainfall, Columbus, Miss (state 24-hour record) 1968 Students seize administration building at Ohio State 1968 Bimbo Coles, NBA guard, Golden State Warriors 1968 Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76 1968 Students seize building at Bowie State College 1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M 1968 Howard Lindsay, U.S. playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg) 1967 Scott Schrader, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 Golden State 1967 Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51 1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College 1967 Kent Jones, Portales, New Mexico, golfer, NM State Amateur-1990-91 1966 Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created 1966 Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot 1966 10.51" (26.70 cm) of rainfall, Sandusky Ohio (state record) 1966 Miami beats St. Petersburg (Florida State League) 4-3 in 29 innings longest uninterrupted game in organized baseball 1966 Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State 1966 Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers 1966 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Corinth, Mississippi (state record) 1966 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record) 1966 Wisc State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W. Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966 1965 Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer, NSW State Rep 1987-88 1965 18.18" (46.18 cm) of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record) 1965 11.08" (28.14 cm) of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record) 1965 Chris Washburn, born in Hickory, North Carolina, Christopher Scott Washburn, athlete, NBA player, played for North Carolina State 1985 - 1986 1965 Rony Seikaly, NBA center, Orlando Magic, Golden State Warriors 1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 1965 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA All State Ladies' Golf Invitational 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama 1965 Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma 1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address 1964 Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer, S Australia State champ 1993/94 1964 New York State Theater opens 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) 1963 Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union 1963 Hyde St. Pier re-opens as State Historical Park 1963 Georgette Ciselet is 1st woman on Belgian Council of State 1963 Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools 1963 Joseph Self, murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 yrs 1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 1963 Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes 1st and only Heisman Trophy winner 1963 -34 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Cynthiana, Kentucky (state record) 1962 Keith Lee, basketball player, Memphis State 1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award: Terry Baker, Oregon State (quarterback) 1962 Manute Bol, NBA center, Golden State Warriors 1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record 1962 Jerome Kersey, NBA forward, Golden State Warriors, Sea Supersonics 1962 Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature 1962 24th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 71-59 1961 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) 1961 U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God 1961 William Hague, Secretary of State for Wales 1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cincinnati beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) 1960 Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16 1960 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state 1960 Ralph Sampson, NBA center, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets 1960 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) 1960 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states 1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 1959 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends 1959 Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state 1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) 1959 John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State 1953 - 1959, dies at 71 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th U.S. state 1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community 1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community 1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank 1958 Alaska becomes 49th state 1958 Union Square, San Francisco becomes state historical landmark 1958 Gary Oldman, actor, Sid and Nancy, Criminal Law, State of Grace 1957 Indonesia proclaims end to state of war 1957 42.01 cm (16.54") of rainfall, East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1957 42.0 cm rain falls on East St. Louis, Illinois, state record 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep 1956 Indian state of Madhya Pradesh forms 1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory 1956 Lori West, born in Denver, Colorado, LPGA golfer, 1994 State Farm-5th 1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) 1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record) 1955 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) 1955 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) 1955 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) 1955 Argentine state of siege ends 1955 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state 1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) 1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again 1955 John Hutton, born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England, politician, Labor Member of Parliament for Secretary of State for Defence 1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) 1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic 1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired/state of emergency declared 1954 Kip Byrne, born in Detroit, Michigan, Canadian Tour golfer, Michigan State Jr. 1970, 1971 1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record) 1954 Archie Griffin, NFL runningback, won 2 Heisman Trophies, Ohio State 1954 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record) 1954 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record) 1954 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Warsaw and Union, Missouri (state record) 1954 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) 1954 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) 1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 1954 -70 degrees F (-57 degrees C), Rogers Pass, Montana (U.S. 48 state record) 1953 World B Free, NBA guard, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors 1953 John Lucas, Durham, North Carolina, NBA guard, Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee 1953 Gus Williams, NBA guard, Golden State, Seattle, Washington 1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras 1953 David Maclean, British minister of state 1953 Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State 1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State 1952 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Louisville, Georgia (state record) 1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 1951 President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1951 Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1951 President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded 1951 Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary, CDA 1951 Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 1951 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Greensburg, Indiana (state record until 1994) 1951 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record) 1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism" 1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB) 1950 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record) 1950 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) 1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record) 1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 1950 John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists 1950 NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury 1949 Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state 1949 Laszlo Rajk, Hungarian Secretary of State/Foreign minister, hanged 1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union 1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor 1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed 1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 1948 U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1948 Greek government disbands due to state of war, press censorship 1948 State of Eire, formerly Irish Free State, declares its independence 1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury 1948 California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages 1948 Virginia Bottomley, British minister of state health 1948 Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents) 1947 Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines Marshall Plan 1947 John Reid, born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, politician, Member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts, public service includes Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1947 Colin Sanders, British computer engineer, Solid State Logic 1947 General George Marshall becomes Secretary of State 1946 Belgian Council of State forms 1946 West German state of Niedersachsen formed 1946 11.72" (29.77 cm) of rainfall at Mellen Wisconsin (state 24-hr record) 1946 Malcolm Rifkind, British QC MP, Secretary of State for Defense 1946 Richard L Brodsky, U.S. lawyer/NY State Assemblyman, D, 1983- 1946 8th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats North Carolina 43-40 1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union 1945 H Lindsay and R Crouse's "State of the Union," premieres in New York City 1945 Kathleen Brown, state treasurer, D-Calif, 1991- 1945 Airplane crashes into the Empire State Building 1945 U.S. Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die 1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) 1945 Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, Minister of State, Scotland 1945 7th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Oklahoma State beats NYU 49-44 1945 Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect, State of Environment 1945 Nazi occupiers begin state of siege 1944 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (quarterback) 1944 Quentin Davies, born in Oxford, England, Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford 1987 - 1997, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defense under Prime Minister, Gordon Brown 1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward, New York Nets, Golden State Warriors 1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect, CDA 1943 Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security 1943 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) 1943 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C), Falls Village, Connecticut (state record) 1943 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record) 1943 66.3 cm precipitation at Hoegees Camp, California (state record) 1943 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Island Park Dam, Idaho (state record) 1942 Mario Savio, born in New York, New York, activist, member of Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Sproul Plaza steps named Mario Savio Steps, taught mathematics, philosophy, logic at Sonoma State University 1942 Michiel Patijn, Dutch Assistant Secretary of State of Foreign affairs, 1994- 1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens 1942 Estimated 34.5" (87.5 cm) of rainfall, Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) 1942 David Hunt, Wales Secretary of State 1942 David Ben-Gurion leaves Jewish state in Palestine 1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist, Dutch Assistant Secretary of State, 1994- 1942 Colin Sanders, founder, Solid State Logic 1942 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Kingston, Rhode Island (state record) 1941 State of siege goes into effect in Bohemia/Moravia 1941 12.59" (31.98 cm) rainfall, Burlington Kansas (state 24-hr record) 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt declares state of emergency due to Germany's sinking of Robin Moor 1941 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34 1940 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record) 1940 German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State 1940 Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege 1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege 1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA 1940 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record) 1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War 1939 Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office 1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, New Jersey (state record) 1939 John Sununu, U.S. Secretary of State, R, 1989 - 1991 1939 1st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Oregon beats OH State 46-33 1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany 1938 Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72 1938 119 degrees F (48 degrees C), Pendleton, Oregon (state record) 1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler) 1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany 1937 2nd Irish constitution goes into effect; Irish Free State renamed Erie 1937 Ireland adopts constitution (Irish Free State becomes Eire) 1937 Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State 1937 Baroness Blatch, British minister of state for Education 1937 117 degrees F (47 degrees C), Medicine Lake, Montana (state record) 1937 Colin Powell, born in Bronx, New York, general and Secretary of State 1937 1st state contraceptive clinic opens (Raleigh North Carolina) 1937 Paul Bailey, born in England, novelist, George Orewell prize-winner, lecturer at North Dakota State University, writer in residence, Kingston University, wrote At The Jerusalem, radio and television plays, and non-fiction books 1937 -45 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Boca, California (state record) 1937 -50 degrees F (-45.6 degrees C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record) 1937 Only unicameral state legislature in U.S. opens 1st session (Nebr) 1936 Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Seymour, Texas (state record) 1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record) 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record) 1936 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Minden, Nebraska (state record) 1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), near Alton, Kansas (state record) 1936 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Collegeville, Indiana (state record) 1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C), Mio, Michigan (state record) 1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin (state record) 1936 109 degrees F (43 degrees C) Cumberland and Frederick, Maryland (state record) 1936 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Runyon, New Jersey (state record 1936 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record) 1936 112 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record 1936 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record) 1936 121 degrees F (49 degrees C), Steele, North Dakota (state record) 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 1936 -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) 1936 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record) 1935 Peter Schreier, Meissen Germany, tenor, Dresden State Opera 1961 1935 12.0" (30.5 cm) of rain falls, Quinault RS, Washington (state record) 1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Orofino, Idaho (state record) 1934 113 degrees F (45 degrees C), near Gallipolis, Ohio (state record) 1934 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Keokuk, Iowa (state record) 1934 116 degrees F (47 degrees C), Orogrande New Mexico (state record, broken on June 27, 1994) 1934 Water state kingdom dismisses NSB-leader Anton Mussert 1934 Heinrich Himmler becomes inspector Prussian secret state police 1934 Roger Nicholas Edwards, born in England, born Roger Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, Baron Crickhowell, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Secretary of State for Wales 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1934 -51 degrees F (-46 degrees C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record) 1934 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania 1933 -50 degrees F (-46 degrees C) in Bloomfield, Vermont (state record) 1933 1st state liquor stores authorized (Pennsylvania) 1933 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia 1933 Vatican state secretary Pacelli (Pius XII) signs accord with Hitler 1933 German Secret State Police, Gestapo, established 1933 Nevada becomes 1st U.S. state to regulate narcotics 1933 -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Seneca, Oregon (state record) 1933 -63 degrees F (-53 degrees C), Moran, Wyoming (state record) 1933 Charles Johnson, born in Tacoma, Washington, born Charles W. Johnson, Justice Johnson, judge, Associate Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court of the State of Washington 1933 -23 degrees F (-31 degrees C), Seminole, Texas (state record) 1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record) 1932 Timothy Sainsbury, British minister of state 1932 Timothy Renton, born in England, born Ronald Timothy Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, politician, Conservative Party, Minister of State, Margaret Thatcher's Chief Whip, Member of Parliament for Mid-Sussex 1932 John Nott, born in Bideford, Devon, Sir John William Frederic Nott, Conservative Party, served as Secretary of State for Defense 1981 - 1983, was Member of Parliament for St. Ives in Cornwall 1966 - 1983 1932 1st U.S. state unemployment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin) 1932 State of siege proclaimed in Honduras 1931 Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church and State 1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (New York City) 1931 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record) 1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City 1931 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Pahala, Hawaii (state record) 1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia" 1930 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record) 1930 Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach, California State, UNLV, 625-122 1930 115 degrees F (46 degrees C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) 1930 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record) 1930 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orchestra 1968 1930 James Baker III, Houston, Secretary of Treasury, 1985 - 1988, Secretary of State, 1989 - 1992 1930 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322 1930 -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record) 1930 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record) 1929 Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Michigan) 1929 Earl Ferrers, British minister of state, Department of Environment 1929 Vatican City becomes a sovereign state 1929 Ho Dam, North Korean Secretary of State, 1970 - 1983 1928 Leonie Rysanek, dramatic soprano, Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54 1928 Ernest L Boyer, educator/chancellor, NY's State Universities-SUNY 1928 John Keith Wright, English economist and Assistant Secretary of State, 1971 - 1984 1928 Turkey passes separation of church and state 1928 Christa Ludwig, born in Berlin, Germany, soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 Teresa Stich-Randall, U.S. soprano, Vienna State Opera 1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) 1927 Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated 1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State 1926 Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras 1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37 1926 105 degrees F (41 degrees C), Waterbury, Connecticut (state record) 1926 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Troy, New York (state record) 1926 German Special Court of Justice for state security disbands 1926 Ray McAnally, born in Ireland, actor, My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian 1925 Daniel Josephus Jitta, lawyer/Dutch state advisor, dies at 71 1925 112 F (44 degrees C), Centerville, Alabama (state record) 1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K. 1925 1st transmission of Danish state radio 1925 Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution 1925 State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed 1925 -46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record) 1925 -48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record) 1925 Franc B. Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State 1925 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas 1924 Joe Paterno, football coach, Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986 1924 Alexander Haig, Pennsylvania, U.S. Secretary of State, 1981 - 1982, General 1924 Forest Peters of Montana State University hits 17 of 22 attempted field goals 1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/president, California State University at Fullerton 1923 Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire) 1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1923 New York State Golf Association formed 1923 Mary Jane Odell, Iowa, Secretary of State 1923 Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London 1923 Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, 1973 - 1977, Nobel Peace Prize, 1973 1923 New York state revokes Prohibition law 1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands 1922 1st constitution of Irish Free State comes into operation 1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns 1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state 1922 Irish Parliament adopts a constitution for an Irish Free State 1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa 1922 Bernard Kalb, spokesman, State Department, actor, Dave 1922 -54 degrees F (-48 degrees C), Danbury, Wisconsin (state record) 1922 Irish Free State forms; Michael Collins becomes 1st premier 1921 Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1921 11.5" (29.2 cm) of rainfall, Circle, Montana (state record) 1921 West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax 1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax 1920 George P Schultz, U.S. Secretary of State, 1982 - 1989 1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon) 1919 Secretary of state proclaims 18th amendment, prohibition 1919 Spartacus uprising in Berlin: state of siege 1918 Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown 1918 Claiborne Pell, born in New York, sponsor of the Pell Grant, U.S. State Senator from Rhode Island 1918 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state 1918 CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state 1918 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader 1918 Electrical fire kills 38 mental patients at Oklahoma State Hospital 1918 Separation of church and state begins in U.S.S.R. 1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition) 1917 -32 degrees F (-36 degrees C) in Mountain City, Tennessee (state record) 1917 -37 degrees F (-38 degrees C) in Lewisburg, WV (state record) 1917 New York state allows women to vote 1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine 1917 Cyrus R. Vance, U.S. Secretary of State, 1977 - 1980 1916 Marthinus T Steyn, President of Orange-Free state (1896-1902), dies at 59 1916 22.22" (56.4 cm) of rain falls in Altapass North Carolina (state record) 1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record) 1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted 1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa 1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl, Washington State vs. Brown 1915 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Glenora, Oregon (state record) 1915 100 degrees F (38 degrees C), Fort Yukon Alaska (state record) 1915 William Jennings Bryan quits as Secretary of State 1914 U.S. State Department starts requiring photographs for passports 1914 Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy 1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan, state record 1914 Edmund Muskie, born in Rumford, Maine, Governor of Maine 1955 - 1959, Senator-D-Maine 1959 - 1980, U.S. Secretary of State 1980 - 1981 1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 1913 William P. Rogers, born in Norfolk, New York, U.S. Secretary of State, 1969 - 1973 1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND 1912 Tennessee University opened as Tennessee A and L State College 1912 Alice Faye, [Ann Leppert], New York City, actress, Barricade, State Fair 1912 Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state 1912 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Oakland, Maryland (state record) 1912 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Washta, Iowa (state record) 1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state 1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record) 1911 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at North Bridgton, Maine (state record) 1911 105 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Vernon, Vermont (state record) 1911 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) at Nashua, New Hampshire (state record) 1911 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67 1910 Rod Cameron, Calgary Alberta, actor, City Detective, State Trooper 1910 1st Washington State election in which women could vote 1910 Berkshire Cattle Fair held in Pittsfield Mass (1st state fair) 1910 Mann Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes) 1909 George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state 1909 7.17" (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) 1909 Harry B. Helmsley, born in New York City, billionaire builder, Empire State Building 1909 Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State, 1961 - 1969 1908 Helen Twelvetrees, actress, State's Attorney, Painted Desert 1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State 1908 Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo 1907 Ray C Bliss, R, Ohio State Republican Chairman 1907 Oklahoma becomes 46th state 1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) 1907 Grace Hamilton, 1st black member of Georgia state legislature 1906 State of siege proclaimed in Zululand 1906 Natal proclaims state of siege in Zulu uprising 1906 Pope encyclical against separation of church and state 1905 French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state 1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) 1905 127 degrees F (53 degrees C), Parker Ariz (state record) 1905 -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) 1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) 1905 -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) 1904 Alger Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin 1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76 1904 John Antill, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, studied under Alfred Hill, played in NSW State Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, famous for ballet suite Corroboree 1904 -34 degrees F (-36.7 degrees C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) 1904 -42 degrees F (-41.1 degrees C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) 1903 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state 1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state 1903 North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses 1903 Cuban state of Guantanamo leased to USA 1903 -59 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Pokegama Dam, Minnesota (state record) 1902 Dutch State Mine law forms 1902 27.9 cm precipitation at McMinnville, Tennessee (state record) 1901 Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack Brits 1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee) 1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) 1900 114 degrees F (46 degrees C), Basin, Wyoming (state record) 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State 1900 British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state 1900 President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein 1899 Orange Free state mobilizes 1899 Milton S Eisenhower, Dwight's brother/president, Pennsylvania State 1899 -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record) 1899 -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record) 1899 -47 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) 1899 -39 degrees F (-39 degrees C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature) 1897 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record) 1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record) 1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in U.S. (Utah) 1896 Herzl's "The Jewish State" is published 1896 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state 1895 U.S. state Utah accepts female suffrage 1894 New York passes 1st state dog license law 1893 1st state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia 1893 State Colorado accept female suffrage 1893 Dean Acheson, statesman and U.S. Secretary of State, 1949 - 1953 1893 Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1893 New Mexico State University cancels it's 1st graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed and killed the night before 1893 -17 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Millsboro, Delaware (state record) 1892 New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine) 1891 Fay Bainter, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair 1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1890 Wyoming becomes 44th state of U.S., 1st with female suffrage 1890 Idaho admitted as 43rd U.S. state 1890 1st U.S. state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) 1889 Washington admitted as 42nd state 1889 Montana admitted as 41st state 1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state 1889 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum 1889 Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting 1889 Howard Lindsay, born in Waterford, New York, playwright, actor and director, State of Union 1889 President Cleveland signs bill to admit Dakotas, Montana and Washington state 1888 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record) 1888 John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State, 1953 - 1959 1887 Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state 1887 Oregon becomes 1st U.S. state to make Labor Day a holiday 1886 President Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence 1885 Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State 1885 Congo Free State forms by King Leopold II of Belgium 1885 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission 1884 Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Rose Schneiderman, New York state department of labor sect, 1937-44 1884 German government recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 U.S. recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Mississippi establishes 1st U.S. state college for women 1883 Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law 1883 1st state labor union legislation; New Jersey legalizes unions 1881 California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation 1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages 1880 William T. Cosgrave, president Irish Free state 1880 Pennsylvania is 1st American state to abolish slavery 1879 Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1876 Giacomo Antonelli, Secretary of State of Pius IX, dies at 70 1876 Prairie View State University forms 1876 Colorado becomes 38th state 1875 Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state 1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University 1873 Freiherr Konstantin von Neurath, German Secretary of State, 1932 - 1938 1872 Morgan State University founded 1872 Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment 1872 1st state bird refuge authorized (Lake Merritt, California) 1872 Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina 1871 Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, 1933 - 1944, lowered tariffs, Nobel 1945 1870 Governor Holden of North Carolina declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection 1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union 1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1870 Virginia becomes 8th state readmitted to U.S. after Civil War 1869 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State 1868 B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated 1868 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South 1867 Michigan becomes 1st state to tax property to support a university 1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th U.S. state (expanded later) 1867 Nebraska becomes 37th U.S. state 1866 Tennessee becomes 1st Confederate state readmitted to Union 1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state 1864 New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee 1863 West Virginia admitted as 35th U.S. state 1863 Georg Adler, German state economist 1863 President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address 1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land 1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges 1861 Lexington Kentucky - Union military camp forms in neutral state 1861 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia 1861 Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state 1861 Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US 1861 Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state 1861 Union troops march on state militia in St. Louis, Missouri 1861 Arkansas and Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th state to secede from US 1861 Virginia is 8th state to secede 1861 By popular referendum, Texas becomes 7th state to secede from U.S. 1861 State troops seize U.S. munitions in Napoleon, Arkansas 1861 U.S. House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state 1861 Texas becomes 7th state to secede 1861 State of Louisiana takes over U.S. Mint at New Orleans 1861 Kansas becomes 34th state 1861 Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede 1861 Georgia becomes 5th state to secede 1861 Ft. Pikens, Florida falls into state hands 1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Ft. Pickens 1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede 1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US 1861 Ft. Jackson and Ft. Philip are taken over by LA state troops 1861 Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede 1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede 1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69 1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state 1858 Minnesota admitted as 32nd U.S. state 1858 Matthew Ricketts, 1st Black man elected to Neb State Legislature 1857 Marthinus T Steyn, President of Orange-Free state, 1896-1902 1857 San Jose State University forms 1856 Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State, 1925 - 1929, try to outlaw war, Nobel 1929 1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads 1854 Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1854 1st Republican state convention in Ripon, Wisconsin 1854 Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein 1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1852 State funeral of duke of Wellington (London) 1851 Waldemar Brogger, Norway, geologist/mineralogist, Metamict State 1850 California becomes 31st state 1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey 1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state 1848 State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam 1847 New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration 1847 George B. Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar 1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1847 State University of Iowa is approved 1847 Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital punishment 1846 Iowa becomes 29th state 1846 U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty 1846 Texas state government formally installed in Austin 1845 Texas admitted as 28th state 1845 Texas ratifies a state constitution 1845 Florida becomes 27th state 1845 Elihu Root, R, U.S. Secretary of State, 1905 - 1909, Nobel Peace Prize, 1912 1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st U.S. pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80 1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1843 Mount Rainier in Washington State erupts 1841 Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons 1839 1st state normal school in U.S. opens, Lexington, Massachusetts, with 3 students 1838 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol 1837 Michigan admitted as 26th U.S. state 1836 Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43 1836 Arkansas becomes 25th state 1831 State Gran Colombia disbands 1828 Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized 1823 Georgia passes 1st U.S. state birth registration law 1821 Missouri admitted as 24th U.S. state 1820 Maine admitted as 23rd state 1819 Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state 1818 Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) 1818 Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine 1817 Mississippi admitted as 20th state 1817 John Quincy Adams becomes Secretary of State 1816 Indiana becomes 19th state 1816 U.S. Supreme Court affirms its right to review state court decisions 1813 Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in U.S. (NY) 1812 Eastern Louisiana admitted as 18th U.S. state 1810 Robert Augustus Toombs, Secretary State, Confederacy, died in 1885 1810 Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in U.S. 1809 Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Secretary State, Confederacy 1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state 1806 Giacomo Antonelli, Italian cardinal and assistant sec of state for Pius IX 1804 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery 1803 Ohio becomes 17th state 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre 1801 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law 1799 New York State abolished slavery 1798 Kentucky becomes 1st state to nullify an act of Congress 1796 John Middleton Clayton, Delaware, Sen-Del, U.S. Secretary of State, 1849 - 1850 1796 U.S. State Department issues 1st American passport 1796 Tennessee admitted as 16th U.S. state 1795 1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky 1795 Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state 1795 1st state university in U.S. opens, University of North Carolina 1793 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati 1792 Kentucky admitted as 15th U.S. state 1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies) 1790 U.S. passes Assumption bill making U.S. responsible for state debts 1790 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st U.S. Secretary of State 1790 Thomas Jefferson reports to President Washington in New York as Secretary of State 1790 George Washington delivers 1st state of union address (or Jan 4) 1790 President Washington delivers 1st State of the Union address 1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th U.S. state 1789 New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights 1789 Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State; John Jay 1st chief justice; 1789 Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State 1789 Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, State Department 1788 New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution 1788 Virginia becomes 10th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1788 South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution 1788 Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution 1788 Connecticut becomes 5th state 1788 Georgia is 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1787 New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution 1787 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify U.S. constitution 1787 Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution 1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval 1785 1st U.S. state university chartered, Athens Georgia 1784 John Jay becomes 1st U.S. Secretary of State 1784 Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English Secretary of State 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified by 13th state, Maryland 1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only) 1778 Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1777 Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state 1777 Georgia becomes 1st U.S. state to abolish both entail and primogeniture 1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor 1776 Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution 1775 Turkish state of Bukovina secedes from Austria 1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky 1763 Charles Bulfinch, born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1st U.S. pro architect, Mass State House 1755 Henry Fox appointed English Secretary of State 1749 Empress Maria Theresa signs "Haugwitzschen State reform" 1747 Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women 1736 Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent and secretary of State 1787 - 1795 1731 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated 1719 Joseph Addison, English poet, writer, and secretary of state, dies at 47 1710 Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget 1696 State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor 1667 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict 1657 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland 1617 Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered 1600 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian, Matters of State and War 1593 State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1590 Francis Walsingham, English Secretary of State, dies at about 57 1586 Battle at Boxum: Spanish troops under Tassis beat state army 1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies 1576 Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten 1555 William of Orange becomes member of Council of State 1550 Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's Assistant Secretary of State, dies 1547 Charles demands creation of Imperial League (German state) 1535 English Catholic Cardinal John Fischer state rights 1509 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice 1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control 1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice 1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice 392 Emperor Theodosius declares christian religion, state religion |
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