District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.

The District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a United States federal law passed on December 24, 1973, which devolved certain congressional powers of the District of Columbia to local government, furthering District of Columbia home rule. In particular, it includes the District Charter, which provides for an elected mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. The council is composed of a chair elected at large and twelve members, four of whom are elected at large, and one from each of the District's eight wards. Council members are elected to four-year terms.

Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.