A+E Networks. Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britainâs southeast coast. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history.William was the illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy, by his concubine Arlette, a tannerâs daughter from the town of Falaise.illiam then marched on London and received the cityâs submission. On Christmas Day, 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end.
18th century [edit]. The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787. Article I, section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution expressly gives the United States Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
In 1935, Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act, which has served as the framework for federal regulation of private-sector labor-management relations ever since. The first attempt at a national labor law came with the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) in 1933.NIRA was intended as a general plan to promote economic recovery, 19 and as part of the package it conferred upon employees statutory rights to organize labor unions and bargain collectively.2. But later that same year, the unions' dreams of a national labor law were realized. Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which has served as the framework for federal regulation of private-sector labor-management relations ever since.