1788 - New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution.
1863 - Sam Houston died in Huntsville at age 70.
1908 - U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte (a relative of Napoleon) organized a group of special agents that would become the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Until that time, the Justice Department had no regular investigative or police service. They borrowed agents from the Secret Service or Border Patrol when needed.
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1945 - Barely two months after V.E. Day, Winston Churchill resigned the office of prime minister as election results were tallied.
It has always seemed to me comparable to voting George Washington out of office. I guess you had to be there.
1947 - President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the military and intelligence structure that we have today.
1948 - President Truman signed executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. military and federal employment.
1963 - Syncom 2, the first geosynchronous communication satellite, was launched. It was an experimental satellite with low bandwidth. It became obsolete a year later but is still in orbit.
- Jim
