Today In History

AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.

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1916The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.

1921The United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.

1943 U.S. forces overran New Georgia in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

1950 President Harry S. Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.