{"slug": "united-states-capitol", "label": "United States Capitol", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54109", "qid": "Q54109", "description": "meeting place of the United States Congress", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1793, 1998], "span_label": ["1793 CE", "1998 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["U.S. Capitol Building", "United States Capitol Building"], "related": [{"slug": "andrew-jackson", "label": "Andrew Jackson", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "white-house", "label": "White House", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "war-of-1812", "label": "War of 1812", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dwight-d-eisenhower", "label": "Dwight D. Eisenhower", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – The cornerstone to the future United States Capitol is dedicated by U.S. President Washington at the site of the new Federal City on the Potomac River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358426983#July–December", "title": "1793", "revid": 1358426983, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – War of 1812 – Burning of Washington: British troops, after defeating American forces at the Battle of Bladensburg, occupy Washington, D.C., setting numerous buildings on fire, including the Capitol and Presidential Mansion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#July–September", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1835, "year_label": "1835 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Attempted assassination of Andrew Jackson: The first assassination attempt against a President of the United States is carried out against President Andrew Jackson at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., by English-born delusional unemployed house painter Richard Lawrence; the attempt fails when his pistols misfire due to humidity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364866184#January–March", "title": "1835", "revid": 1364866184, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 30", "text": "March 30 – The body of former United States General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower is brought by caisson to the United States Capitol to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda; Eisenhower had died two days earlier, after a long illness, in the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#March", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – A bomb explodes in the men's room at the United States Capitol; the Weather Underground claims responsibility.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#March", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. enters the United States Capitol Building and opens fire, killing two members of the United States Capitol Police, Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#July", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › July"}}]}