Todays History

The United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty opening ports up to trade.

The USA starts a 20 year occupation of Haiti.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC is dedicated.

President George Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 into law.

The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales is laid.

A four day war between Libya and Egypt ends.

The Acts of Union 1707 is agreed to by the commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland that later led to…

A U156 submarine shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.

Denmark leaves the League of Nations.