112th Congress, 2nd Session
February 02, 1880
On this date, Irish Parliament Member Charles Stewart Parnell addressed the House of Representatives concerning the plight of Ireland, then in the midst of its second major potato famine of the century.
June 23, 1917
On this date, Boris Bakhmetieff, the Russian Ambassador to the United States, spoke before the House of Representatives at a reception in the House Chamber.
September 05, 1917
On this date, Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, an ambassador from Japan addressed the House of Representatives in a House Reception.
October 13, 1949
Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India addressed a House Reception.
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