112th Congress, 2nd Session
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December 28, 1854
On this date, artist Constantino Brumidi met Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, engineer in charge of the construction and decoration of the Capitol extension.
December 28, 1973
On this date, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law.
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