Sunday, September 9, 2007

Today In History

8/9

1776-The second Continental Congress made the term "United States" official, replacing "United Colonies."
How many Presidents were there BEFORE George Washington?

1943-Allied forces landed at Salerno and Taranto during World War II.
1948- The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was created.
It all depends on your interpretation of "democratic republic 'IS'"

1957- President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.
1993-The Palestine Liberation Organization agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist, and Israel agreed to recognize the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
And that worked out well, yes?

1997-Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland's future.
And how long was that "insurgency"?

2001 -Afghanistan's military opposition leader Ahmed Shah Massood was fatally wounded in a suicide attack by assassins posing as journalists.





No comments:

Post a Comment