History in 29th Jun

President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, authorizing the construction of over 41,000 miles of federal highways across the United States. The bill, the largest public works project in American history, was designed for national security, as Eisenhower sought a quick way to transport soldiers and military vehicles across the country.

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In Furman v. Georgia, the United States Supreme Court places a limited moratorium on the death penalty, deciding that its arbitrary appplication to certain felonies violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The ruling, however, compelled state governments to define their capital punishment statutes, allowing those states to continue to use the death penalty. 

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