Today’s Significant Events
1863 – Abraham Lincoln’s Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South
1941 – US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II
1941 – President Roosevelt delivers “Day of Infamy” speech to US Congress a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbour
1965 – Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
1966 – US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
2004 – The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
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