2003 Anniversary Dates to Watch: 01/01/03 - 140th; January 1, 1863; The Emancipation Proclamation, officially issued by Lincoln, freed all slaves in the insurgent portions of the Confederate States of America. 01/20/03 - 50th; January 20, 1953; Dwight D. Eisenhower took office as the 34th President of the United States. 01/20/03 - 30th; January 20, 1973; Richard Milhous Nixon started 2nd term as the 37th President of the United States. 01/20/03 - 10th; January 20, 1993; William Jefferson Clinton took office as the 42nd President of the United States. 01/22/03 - 30th; January 22, 1973; Roe v. Wade (right to chose). 01/23/03 - 70th; January 23, 1933; Amendment XX was ratified - Presidential, Congressional terms. 01/30/03 - 70th; January 30, 1933; Adolph Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. 02/02/03 - 350th; February 2, 1653; New Amsterdam becomes a city (later New York City). 02/03/03 - 90th; February 3, 1913; Amendment XVI was supposidly ratified - Income taxes authorized. 02/24/03 - 100th; February 24, 1903; The US signs an agreement acquiring a naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. 02/25/03 - 140th; February 25, 1863; President Lincoln signs the National Currency Act. 03/03/03 - 70th; March 3, 1933; Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office as the 32nd President of the United States. 03/04/03 - 90th; March 4, 1913; Woodrow Wilson took office as the 28th President of the United States. 03/09/03 - 70th; March 9, 1933; Emergency Banking Relief Act (Martial Law). 03/14/03 - 80th; March 14, 1923; President Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to pay taxes. 04/08/03 - 90th; April 8, 1913; Amendment XVII was ratified - Senators elected by popular vote. 05/07/03 - 60th; May 7, 1943; End of the war in North-Africa. 09/01/03 - 80th; September 1, 1923; The Great Tokyo Earthquake. Over 200,000 people were said to have been killed. 09/23/03 - 40th; September 23, 1963; "The Outer Limits" episode: "The Hundred Days Of The Dragon" To create an imposter for the U.S. president, an Asian uses a serum that alters human form. 10/10/03 - 40th; October 10, 1963; The first test ban agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union went into force, which banned the above-ground testing of nuclear weapons. 10/19/03 - 70th; October 19, 1933; Germany quits from the League of Nations and its withdrawl from all disarmament talks. 11/07/03 - 40th; November 07, 1963; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; Theater release. 11/17/03 - 100th; November 17, 1903; The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed between Panama and the US, giving Americans exclusive rights over the Canal Zone. 11/22/03 - 40th; November 22, 1963; President Johnson had first taken the oath of office on board Air Force One on the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 11/28/03 - 60th; November 28, 1943; (till 1 December). The "Big Three," Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Teheran, Iran. 12/05/03 - 70th; December 5, 1933; Amendment XXI was ratified; Amendment XVIII - Liquor abolished repealed. 12/16/03 - 230th; December 16, 1773; Boston Tea Party, no taxation without representation. 12/17/03 - 100th; December 17, 1903; Man's first flight in a heavier-than-air vehicle occured in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 12/23/03 - 90th; December 23, 1913; Strong backing of Wilson resulted in the Congress passing the Federal Reserve Act creating the Federal Reserve Banking System.

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