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1837 –
Grover Cleveland , the 22nd and 24th
President of the United States , is born.
1850 –
American Express is founded by
Henry Wells &
William Fargo .
1865 – The Congress of the
Confederate States of America , government of the South during the
American Civil War , adjourns for the last time.
1959 – American President
Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for
Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on
August 21 .
1968 – The
U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a
gold reserve to back
US currency , ending the practice of the
Gold standard .
1990 – In the largest
art theft in
US history , 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in
Boston ,
Massachusetts .
On this day for the United States
Events
1673 -
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of
New Jersey to some
Friends (Quakers).
1766 -
American Revolution : The
British Parliament repeals the
Stamp Act , which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
1850 -
American Express is founded by
Henry Wells &
William Fargo .
1865 -
American Civil War : The Congress of the
Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
1874 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive
trading rights.
1922 - The first public celebration of
Bat mitzvah , for the daughter of Rabbi
Mordecai Kaplan , is held in New York City.
1925 - The
Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of
Missouri ,
Illinois , and
Indiana , killing 695 people.
1945 - World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
1959 - American President
Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on
August 21 .
1968 -
Gold standard : The
U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
1974 -
Oil embargo crisis : Most
OPEC nations end a five-month oil
embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
1990 - In largest
art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
Boston, Massachusetts .
2003 - US enters the
Iraq War . About $1 billion was taken from Iraq's Central Bank by
Saddam Hussein and his family, just hours before the United States began bombing Iraq, biggest bank robbery in history.
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2003 -
FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of
HealthSouth Corporation in
Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate
fraud led by the company's top executives.
2005 - The first-ever Muslim Friday prayer led by a woman in a mixed-gender congregation is held in New York City, marking a break with a 1426-year Islamic tradition.
2005 -
Terri Schiavo 's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on
euthanasia .