Silas Deane embarks on secret mission to France Congress passes the Missouri Compromise Congress overrides presidential veto for first time Congress passes Civil War conscription act Freedmen's Bureau created Congress bans sending obscene materials through the mail First indoor game of ice hockey George Bizet's Carmen premieres in Paris Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated in a private ceremony United States Geological Survey created Helen Keller meets her miracle worker Birth of a Nation opens in New York Treaty of Brest-Litovsk concluded Russia makes a separate peace James Merrill is born "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes official Finland declares war on Germany Supreme Court rules on communist teachers U.S. jets bomb Ho Chi Minh Trail U.S. 5th Special Forces Group withdraws Faulty door dooms plane Police brutality caught on video Super-luxurious Maybach Zeppelin goes on sale





