Today’s Significant Events
1492 – Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1884 – Colonization of Africa orgainized at international conference in Berlin
1948 – Mackenzie King retires after spending 22 years as the Prime Minister of Canada
1969 – 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against Vietnam War
1988 – PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
