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"In 1966, the federal government devised an official six-month daylight-saving schedule, although each state could choose whether to observe it. The OPEC oil embargo led President Nixon to sign the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act. Clocks were set forward to save energy in the winter of 1974, and daylight-saving time lasted for eight months in 1975.
While it did save energy, Nixon's act also increased the number of morning traffic accidents involving schoolchildren. These "dark morning" incidents were offset by a reduction in child accidents later in the day, but the government returned to the six-month schedule for 1976. Under Reagan, an extra month was added again at the urging of business groups (like sports equipment and barbecue grill manufacturers) who expected increased profits with longer days."
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What president signed into law the daylight saving time energy act on January 4 1947?
NIXON
Who did Reagan beat by a landslide?
Richard Nixon Richard Nixon
Where did this Daylight Saving Time come from?
Traditionally, Americans adjusted their hours to fit changes in daylight. Farmers, as well as railroads, http://www.answers.com/topic/steamship lines, shops, and factories changed their hours of operation seasonally. These seasonal schedules declined after American railroads implemented standard time zones in 1883. In 1907, an English builder and http://www.answers.com/topic/golfer named William Willett proposed the basic outline of what became daylight saving time. His plan found ready ears in the United States. American commercial interests began pushing for "more daylight," especially the burgeoning leisure time industry. An hour of light after work meant bigger crowds at ball games, amusement parks, and department stores. Commercial interests seized on the fact that in 1916, some European nations adopted "fast time" to promote efficiency and save fuel. The U.S. Senate began investigating daylight saving time that year, hearing testimony from the "National Daylight Saving Convention," a lobbying group of businessmen, chambers of commerce, and trade organizations. In 1917, these groups tied daylight saving to patriotism, efficiency, and economy, urging, "mobilize an extra hour of daylight and help win the war." Although no savings of fuel was ever demonstrated, in March 1918 Congress passed a bill to "save daylight and provide a standard time." Besides establishing a period of summer daylight saving, the bill made standard time zones into national law. Daylight saving met with considerable skepticism, primarily from those on the borders of existing time zones, and workers who rose extremely early. On the western edge of the eastern zone, adopting daylight saving put clocks nearly two hours ahead of the daylight. Farmers in those regions resisted daylight saving because it forced them to start too early in the morning. Labor organizations, including the American Federation of Labor, also resented rising in deeper darkness so middle-class businessmen might play golf after work. Additional objections called the measure http://www.answers.com/topic/absurd, like robbing Peter to pay Paul, while a minority detested changes to "God's time." Some businesses, particularly the movie industry, lost sales under daylight saving. Repealed in 1919, daylight saving remained in use by local option until the Uniform Time Act of 1966 made daylight saving national law. During World War II, year-round daylight saving prevailed, and in 1974 President Richard Nixon, reacting to the first energy crisis, set the clocks ahead for fifteen months. In 1986, lobbied by the makers of sporting goods, http://www.answers.com/topic/charcoal grills, and insect repellants, Congress established calendar dates in early April and late October for daylight saving.
Which US president visited China in 1972?
Richard Nixon
Which historical event introduced Daylight Saving Time?
Daylight Saving Time has been used in the U.S. and in many European countries since World War I. At that time, in an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power, Germany and Austria took time by the forelock, and began saving daylight at 11:00 p.m. on April 30, 1916, by advancing the hands of the clock one hour until the following October. Other countries immediately adopted this 1916 action: Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, and Tasmania. Nova Scotia and Manitoba adopted it as well, with Britain following suit three weeks later, on May 21, 1916. In 1917, Australia and Newfoundland began saving daylight.The plan was not formally adopted in the U.S. until 1918. 'An Act to preserve daylight and provide standard time for the United States' was enacted on March 19, 1918. [See law]It both established standard time zones and set summer DST to begin on March 31, 1918. Daylight Saving Time was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. After the War ended, the law proved so unpopular (mostly because people rose earlier and went to bed earlier than people do today) that it was repealed in 1919 with a Congressional override of President Wilson's veto. Daylight Saving Time became a local option, and was continued in a few states, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and in some cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.During World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt instituted year-round Daylight Saving Time, called "War Time," from February 9, 1942 to September 30, 1945. [See law] From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law regarding Daylight Saving Time, so states and localities were free to choose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time and could choose when it began and ended. This understandably caused confusion, especially for the broadcasting industry, as well as for railways, airlines, and bus companies. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time.On January 4, 1974, President Nixon signed into law the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973. Then, beginning on January 6, 1974, implementing the Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, clocks were set ahead. On October 5, 1974, Congress amended the Act, and Standard Time returned on October 27, 1974. Daylight Saving Time resumed on February 23, 1975 and ended on October 26, 1975.
Who served as President of the United States on August 9 1974?
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What president signed into law the daylight saving time energy act on January 4 1947?
NIXON
Why did President Richard Nixon create the Environmental Protection Agency?
President Nixon responded to public pressure for environmental reforms.
What isMiddel name of Richard Nixon?
Richard Milhouse Nixon. It was actually Richard Milhous Nixon
Which president created the EPA and Signed laws that protect of the air water and engineered species?
Richard Nixon was president in December of 1970 when the EPA was created.
Who was the president when the Watergate scandal was uncovered?
Richard M. Nixon was the President implictated in the Watergate Scandal.
What is president Richard Nixon's second name?
Richard Milhous Nixon. Milhous was his mother's maiden name.
Is Richard Nixon single?
No, Richard Nixon is not single.
What was Richard Nixon mother name?
Richard Nixon's mother was Hannah Milhous Nixon (1885-1967).
Who was president of the US when neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
The president of the U.S.A in the year 1969 , the year when neil Armstrong walked on the moon , was Richard Nixon.
What is Richard M Nixon's Name?
Richard M Nixon
What did Richard M. Nixon believe?
Richard Nixon was a Quaker.
