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1997:Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the House to be reprimanded when the United States House of Representatives votes 395 to 28 to reprimand him for ethic violations. 1999:The U.S Coast Guard intercepts a ship that contains over ninety-five hundred pounds of cocaine on it. It’...
7As no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes, the decision was made by the House of Representatives. 8Greeley died shortly after the election in November. Three electors pledged to Greeley cast their votes for him, but they were not counted; the others cast their votes for th...
July 17: Sinforosa born at Mission San Fernando; mom from Tejon, dad from Piru; believed to be last speaker of Tataviam language (died 1915). August 9: José Figueroa, military governor of Alta California, orders the secularization of the missions. October: Mexican Lieutenant Antonio del Va...
and the main speaker struck just the right tone. He told the stories of three of the men buried there, of their horrible suffering, and their tragic end. We remember these soldiers, he suggested, because they were among those who even after death, were unable to return home. There was ...
Fears for historical buildings as 5.6 earthquake rocked Venezuelan Caribbean region at 2.49 a.m. this Monday morningRoy S. Carson
meaning in this case simply the king was superior to the diet, the king was obliged by custom to negoti-ate with the diet, which latter had certain techniques of enforcing that their views be taken into account by the king (including the tactical use of their votes for more tax or milita...
continuing as the first woman to hold that post. Hull is the 20th Arizona Governor and is the first woman to be elected as Governor. She also holds the distinctions of being Arizona's first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives and the first Republican woman elected Secretary of State...
and elects Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Oceans are warming faster than previous thought due to fossil fuel burning according to data in the “Science” journal. Finland is the world’s happiest country. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins re-election in a ...
but joined their own private discussions afterwards. All of them put up in Sardar Hukam Singh`s house in Delhi, and, before leaving for the first day`s meetings, they vowed in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib that they would act by mutual counsel and that none of them woul...