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1862
May 3
| 1862 • U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Pacific Railway Acts, authorizing construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad.[http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html "An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes] 12 Stat. 489, July 1, 1862 |
1940
Jul 23
Age: 78y
| 1940 • Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France and immediately asks Germany for peace terms. |