1861 – Tennessee votes against secession (US Civil War)
1861 – Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states (US Civil War)
1870 – US Army establishes US Weather Service.
1871 – Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress.
1895 – Volleyball invented by WG Morgan in Massachusetts.
1909 – 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1909 – 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio.
1918 – US Army chaplain school organizes at Ft. Monroe, Va.
1942 – Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US.
1950 – Sen. Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists.
1959 – Coaster’s “Charlie Brown” peaks at #2.
1971 – Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight.
1979 – ABC airs “Heroes of Rock N Roll” special.
1990 – “Bradys” return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV.
1995 – “Heiress” opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances.
1997 – 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds.
1997 – Fox cartoon series “Simpsons” airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history.
1998 – 6th ESPY Awards: Ken Griffey, Jr. – Mia Hamm win.
2006 – Al Michaels joins NBC’s Sunday Night Football” broadcast with John Madden.
2014 – Switzerland votes to return immigration quotas.
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