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1782 | The British sign a preliminary agreement in Paris, recognizing American independence. | |
1838 | Mexico declares war on France. | |
1861 | The British Parliament sends to Queen Victoria an ultimatum for the United States, demanding the release of two Confederate diplomats who were seized on the British ship Trent. | |
1864 | The Union wins the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. | |
1900 | The French government denounces British actions in South Africa, declaring sympathy for the Boers. | |
1900 | Oscar Wilde dies in a Paris hotel room after saying of the room’s wallpaper: “One of us has got to go.” | |
1906 | President Theodore Roosevelt publicly denounces segregation of Japanese schoolchildren in San Francisco. | |
1919 | Women cast votes for the first time in French legislative elections. | |
1935 | Non-belief in Nazism is proclaimed grounds for divorce in Germany. | |
1945 | Russian forces take Danzig in Poland and invade Austria. | |
1948 | The Soviet Union completes the division of Berlin, installing the government in the Soviet sector. | |
1950 | President Harry Truman declares that the United States will use the A-bomb to get peace in Korea. | |
1956 | The United States offers emergency oil to Europe to counter the Arab ban. | |
1961 | The Soviet Union vetoes a UN seat for Kuwait, pleasing Iraq. | |
1974 | India and Pakistan decide to end a 10-year trade ban. | |
1974 | Pioneer II sends photos back to NASA as it nears Jupiter. | |
1979 | Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope in 1,000 years to attend an Orthodox mass. | |
1981 | Representatives of the US and the USSR meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to begin negotiations on reducing the number of intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe. | |
1982 | Thriller, Michael Jackson’s second solo album, is released; the album, produced by Quincy Jones, became the best-selling album in history. | |
1993 | US President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (better known as the Brady Bill) into law. | |
1994 | The MS Achille Lauro, a ship with a long history of problems, including a 1985 terrorist hijacking, catches fire off the coast of Somalia. | |
1995 | Operation Desert Storm officially comes to an end. | |
1998 | Exxon and Mobil Oil agree to a $73.7 billion merger, creating the world’s largest company, Exxon-Mobil. | |
2004 | On the game show Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings loses after 74 consecutive victories. It is the longest winning streak in game-show history, earning him a total of over $3 million. | |
2005 | John Sentamu becomes Archbishop of York, making him the Church of England’s first black archbishop. |