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The Articles of Confederation
November 15, 1777
On this date, the Continental Congress adopted and sent to the state legislatures a plan for the inaugural national government under the Articles of Confederation (approved by the states in March 1781).
Representative Daniel Webster of New Hampshire
January 18, 1782
Daniel Webster, a House Member from New Hampshire during the 13th and 14th Congresses (1813–1817), as well as a Representative from Massachusetts from the 18th through the 20th Congresses (1823–1829), was born on this date in Salisbury, New Hampshire.