Civil Service Created – Anniversary by GBTribeNOW | Jul 18, 2017 Calendar When: January 16, 2017 all-day Repeats 2017-01-16T00:00:00-07:00 2017-01-17T00:00:00-07:00 Jan 16, 1883. The US Congress passed a bill creating the civil service. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.