The library acquired Lafayette's previously inaccessible papers in 1996 from a castle at La Grangew
Time: 1996
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: During Billington's tenure as the 13th librarian of Congress, the library acquired Lafayette's previously inaccessible papers in 1996 from a castle at La Grange, France.
‹ Earlier in historyDrafted directly out of high schoolWednesday Jun 26, 1996 Later in history ›A Democratic Union Coalition For The First Time Succeeded In Winning The MajoritySunday Jun 30, 1996
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2001 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Gerald Ford appointed Daniel J. Boorstin as librarian
1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1974 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-Putnam established the Legislative Reference Service
1914 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Library of Congress-President Ronald Reagan nominated James H. Billington as the 13th librarian of Congress
1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-Schatz collection of early opera librettos
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1903 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-Roosevelt appointed Archibald MacLeish
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Library of Congress-Living Legend Awards
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2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1992 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1990 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-The National Book Festival
2000 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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1944 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Library of Congress-National Jukebox launched
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Donald Trump-Trump nominated U.S. Appeals Court judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the seat on the Supreme Court
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Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Court ordered the Case to Proceed
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Library of Congress-John Adams Building completed
1938 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson-The First Vote
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Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address
Saturday Mar 4, 1865 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump and Mike Pence were officially nominated by the Republican Party
Tuesday Jul 19, 2016 - U.S.
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois urged blacks to withdraw their support from the Republican Party
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Tuesday Nov 4, 1952 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-The Republican Party was founded
Tuesday Mar 21, 1854 - U.S.
Malcolm X-Met Martin Luther King Jr.
Thursday Mar 26, 1964 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Christmas gift to Vladimir Putin
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Nancy Pelosi-Obscene and sick calls, voice mails and text messages
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Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi supported the NATO-led military intervention in Libya
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Bank of America-An offer he can't refuse
2009 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Juneteenth-the first legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
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Nancy Pelosi-Small group of House Democrats held a closed-door meeting in the office of Representative Kathleen Rice (NY) to discuss a strategy for selecting new Democratic leadership
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Donald Trump-House Ways and Means Committee made a formal request to the Internal Revenue Service for Trump's personal and business tax returns
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Great Depression-Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929
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World War II-United States declaration of war on Japan
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Great Depression-Economy Act of 1933
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W. E. B. Du Bois-Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Winston Churchill-Churchill addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress
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1996
Sony Corporation-Sony Entered again Into The Global Computer Market
1996 - Tokyo, Japan
Sony Corporation-Announcing The first Cyber-shot camera
1996 - Tokyo, Japan
Huawei-Major Turning point For The company
1996 - Beijing, China
Shimon Peres-The Peres Center for Peace
1996 - Israel
Zlatan Ibrahimović-The First Contract
1996 - Malmö, Sweden
Google LLC-RankDex
1996 - China
Visa Inc.-Visa settled a 1996 antitrust lawsuit brought by a class of U.S. merchants
1996 - U.S.
Garry Kasparov-Deep Blue
1996 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-The 1996 Civic Protest Movement
1996 - Putumayo, Colombia
First Chechen War-Conflict in Dagestan
Jan, 1996 - Dagestan, Russia
Ebola Most Major Outbreaks-Gabon' Outbreak in 1996
Jan, 1996 - Mayibout, Gabon
Bernard Arnault-Loewe
1996 - Madrid, Spain
Kobe Bryant-NBA Decision
1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Senior awards
1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Prom Date
1996 - Philadelphia, U.S.
Tony Hawk-Seond Marriage
1996 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Real-time ticker was introduced
1996 - New York, U.S.
Google LLC-The Beginning of Google
Jan, 1996 - Stanford, California, U.S.
MacOS-Apple purchase NeXT
1996 - Cupertino, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Bryant first contract
1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Bryant Debut
1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Before NBA draft
1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cameras-First compact Flash
1996 - U.S.
Croatian War of Independence-The UNTAES replaced the UNCRO mission
Monday Jan 15, 1996 - Prevlaka, Croatia
Croatian War of Independence-New UN mission
Monday Jan 15, 1996 - Slovenia
First Chechen War-Turkish passenger ship
Tuesday Jan 16, 1996 - Black Sea
Qaboos bin Said al Said-The 1996 Basic Law
1996 - Oman
Java (programming language)-Java 1.0
Tuesday Jan 23, 1996 - U.S.
Internet-Leland Initiative
1996 - Africa
Shakira-Shakira's First International Tour
Tuesday Feb 27, 1996 - South America-North America-Europe
First Chechen War-Cypriot passenger jet was hijacked by Chechen sympathizers while flying toward Germany
Wednesday Mar 6, 1996 - Cyprus
First Chechen War-Chechen fighters infiltrated Grozny and launched a three-day surprise raid on the city
Wednesday Mar 6, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Dwayne Johnson-The Brooklyn Brawler
Sunday Mar 10, 1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
St. Patrick's Day-St Patrick's Festival
Sunday Mar 17, 1996 - Ireland
Celine Dion-Dion performed a song at the opening Atlanta Olympic Games
Thursday Mar 21, 1996 - canada
Angelina Jolie-First Marriage
Mar, 1996 - London, England, U.K.
Michael Ballack-The Germany National Under-21 Team
Tuesday Mar 26, 1996 - Germany
Nokia-The First With Stereo Speakers and a Sub-Woofer
Apr, 1996 - Espoo, Finland
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal was injured for a great deal of the 1995–96 season
1996 - U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski arrested by investigators
1996 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski was arrested by FBI
Wednesday Apr 3, 1996 - California, United States
Shimon Peres-Operation Grapes of Wrath
Thursday Apr 11, 1996 - Lebanon
First Chechen War-Arab commander Ibn al-Khattab destroyed a large Russian armored column in an ambush
Tuesday Apr 16, 1996 - Chechnya, Russia
First Chechen War-Dzhokhar Dudayev assassinated
Sunday Apr 21, 1996 - Chechnya, Russia
Diego Maradona-Three-round exhibition boxing match for charity
Apr, 1996 - Argentina
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Midrand Conference
Saturday Apr 27, 1996 - Midrand, South Africa
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal became a free agent
1996 - U.S.
James Bond-Cold was published
Friday May 3, 1996 - United Kingdom
Angelina Jolie-Romeo and Juliet
Friday May 10, 1996 - City Island, New York, United States
First Chechen War-Yeltsin even officially declared "victory"
Tuesday May 28, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Kosovo War-Acts of sabotage
Jun, 1996 - Kosovo
David Cameron-Marriage
Saturday Jun 1, 1996 - The Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, England
Nokia-Nokia sold its television business
Wednesday Jun 12, 1996 - Turku, Finland
Kobe Bryant-the day before the draft
Tuesday Jun 25, 1996 - Los Angeles,U.S.
Kobe Bryant-Drafted directly out of high school
Wednesday Jun 26, 1996 - East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
Mongolian Revolution of 1990-A Democratic Union Coalition For The First Time Succeeded In Winning The Majority
Sunday Jun 30, 1996 - Mongolia
Kobe Bryant-Bryant traded
Sunday Jun 30, 1996 - Los Angeles,U.S.
Zinedine Zidane-Moving To Juventus
Monday Jul 1, 1996 - Turin, Italy
Ebola Most Major Outbreaks-Third Outbreak in Gabon
Jul, 1996 - Booué, Gabon
Juneteenth-the first legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
1996 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-1996 Olympics
1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Atari, Inc.-JTS Corp
Jul, 1996 - San Jose, California, U.S.
Plane Accidents-TWA Flight 800
Wednesday Jul 17, 1996 - the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal was named to the United States Olympic basketball team
Jul, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-The media announced that O'Neal would join the Los Angeles Lakers
Saturday Jul 20, 1996 - U.S.
Vodafone-Acquiring Talkland
Jul, 1996 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Richard Jewell-The "Town Square" of the Olympics
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Jewell-A Bag
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Jewell-Clearing the Immediate Area
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Richard Jewell-Bombing
Saturday Jul 27, 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Marvel Studios-New World Animation and Marvel Films Animation were sold
Aug, 1996 - Burbank, California, U.S.
Marvel Studios-Marvel Studios
Aug, 1996 - Burbank, California, U.S.
First Chechen War-The Chechens launched another surprise attack on Grozny
Tuesday Aug 6, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
First Chechen War-Ultimatum for Chechen fighters to leave the city within 48 hours
Monday Aug 19, 1996 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
Gary Webb-Webb published the truth in The Mercury News
Aug, 1996 - San Jose, California, U.S
First Chechen War-Bad Joke
Thursday Aug 22, 1996 - Chechnya, Russia
Angelina Jolie-Foxfire
Friday Aug 23, 1996 - United States
Prince Charles-Divorce
Wednesday Aug 28, 1996 - England
Princess Diana-Divorce
Wednesday Aug 28, 1996 - United Kingdom
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Charles and Diana divorced
Wednesday Aug 28, 1996 - United Kingdom
Colombian conflict-FARC Attack on The Colombian Army base in Las Delicias
Friday Aug 30, 1996 - Las Delicias, Caquetá, Colombia
First Chechen War-Khasav-Yurt Accord
Saturday Aug 31, 1996 - Russia
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević-Rugova Education agreement
Sunday Sep 1, 1996 - Serbia
Jim Carrey-2nd Marriage
Monday Sep 23, 1996 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-More Than a Friend
1996 - California, United States
Atari, Inc.-Tramiel out of the business
1996 - California, U.S.
Dollar Tree-Dollar Tree acquired Dollar Bill$, Inc.
1996 - U.S.
Gita Gopinath-Gita completed an M.A. degree at the University of Washington
1996 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
James Bond-American author Raymond Benson became the author of the Bond novels
1996 - U.S.
Richard Jewell-Formally Clearing
Saturday Oct 26, 1996 - U.S.
Diego Maradona-Time to retire
1996 - Argentina
Kobe Bryant-Rookie Season
Sunday Nov 3, 1996 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-1996 Andhra Pradesh Cyclone
Monday Nov 4, 1996 - India
Dwayne Johnson-Monday Night Raw Debut
Monday Nov 4, 1996 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Eminem-Infinite
Tuesday Nov 12, 1996 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Bomb destroyed an apartment building housing Russian border guards
Saturday Nov 16, 1996 - Dagestan, Russia
Chernobyl disaster-Reactor No. 1 was decommissioned as part of a deal between the Ukrainian government and international organizations
Nov, 1996 - Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dwayne Johnson-Survivor Series (1996)
Sunday Nov 17, 1996 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Vodafone-A Defensive Move
Tuesday Nov 19, 1996 - Newbury, England, U.K.
George Weah-He Was Banned From Six European Matches
Wednesday Nov 20, 1996 - Dragon Stadium, Porto, Portugal