/u/McWeasely's posts in /r/Presidents
43 years ago today, 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike; President Ronald Reagan offers ultimatum to workers: 'if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated'
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59 years ago today, LBJ signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965, prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities.
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163 years ago today, John Tyler takes his seat as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.
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82 years ago today, JFK's PT-Boat 109 is rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri in the Solomon Islands.
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47 years ago today, The Department of Energy is created when Jimmy Carter signs the Department of Energy Organization Act, consolidating more than 30 separate energy functions carried out by various government agencies
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49 years ago today, Gerald Ford signs Senate Joint Resolution 23. Pardoning and restoring rights of citizenship to General Robert E. Lee.
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230 years ago today, George Washington issued a presidential proclamation - Cessation of Violence and Obstruction of Justice in Protest of Liquor Laws in Pennsylvania.
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