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Events. 1779 - Army Corps of Engineers for the United States is authorized by the Congress; 1824 - The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.; 1861 - American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
The holiday began its official observance in 1903, the date chosen by the State's Board of Education to honor Maryland history and to increase the teaching of state and local histories in the public schools. In 1916, the General Assembly (state legislature) authorized "Maryland Day" as a legal holiday (Chapter 633, Acts of 1916).
2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The COP29 climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan. Law and crime. 2024 Zhuhai car attack. Thirty-five people are killed and 43 more injured during a vehicle-ramming attack outside a stadium in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The perpetrator is in a coma after suffering serious injuries.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -January brings several consequential dates for the U.S. Congress as Republicans consolidate power as a result of last November's elections with full control of the Senate ...
The Eleventh Amendment was proposed by the 3rd Congress on March 4, 1794, when it was approved by the House of Representatives by vote of 81–9, [3] having been previously passed by the Senate, 23–2, on January 14, 1794. [4]
Armed conflicts and attacks. Islamic State–Taliban conflict. 2024 Kabul bus bombing. At least one person is killed and eleven others are injured in an Islamic State minibus bombing in Dasht-e-Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Ordinal numbers may be written in English with numerals and letter suffixes: 1st, 2nd or 2d, 3rd or 3d, 4th, 11th, 21st, 101st, 477th, etc., with the suffix acting as an ordinal indicator. Written dates often omit the suffix, although it is nevertheless pronounced. For example: 5 November 1605 (pronounced "the fifth of November ...