Year : 1813
Events : Office of Surgeon General of the US army is established
Year : 1837
Events : Congress appropriates Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
Year : 1843
Events : Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
Year : 1847
Events : Post Office Department authorized to issue postage stamps
Year : 1863
Events : Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
Year : 1871
Events : Congress establishes the civil service system
Year : 1873
Events : Congress authorizes federal department postage stamps
Year : 1879
Events : 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
Year : 1885
Events : American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
Year : 1892
Events : 1st cattle tuberculosis test in US made, Villa Nova PA
Year : 1900
Events : US Steel Corporation organizes
Year : 1905
Events : US Forest Service forms
Year : 1919
Events : 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle WA-Victoria BC
Year : 1923
Events : Time magazine publishes 1st issue
Year : 1931
Events : "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
Year : 1959
Events : 1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched
Year : 1965
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1965
Events : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kzakhstan
Year : 1967
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1969
Events : Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
Year : 1978
Events : 1st day of Test Cricket for Desmond Haynes (West Indies vs India)
Year : 1980
Events : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
Year : 1991
Events : Boon completes 10th test Cricket century, 109 vs West Indies at Kingston
Year : 1992
Events : President Bush apologies for raising taxes after pledging not to
Year : 1998
Events : Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee
Year : 1974
Events : Turkish DC-10 Crashes northeast of Paris; 346 killed.
Year : 1993
Events : Mr.Sharad Pawar has been named the New Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Year : 1993
Events : Kabul rebel leader Mr.Gulbuddin Hekmatyar became Prime Minister of Afghanistan.
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