1954 In Geneva, Great
Britain, the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and France reach an
accord on Indochina, dividing Vietnam into two countries, North and South,
along the 17th parallel.
1939 Frank Sinatra
records his first song, "From the Bottom of my Heart," with the Harry
James Band.
1866 The “Great Eastern” begins a two week voyage to complete a
12-year effort to lay telegraph cable across the Atlantic between Britain and
the United States.
1863 Opponents of the
draft begin three days of rioting in New York City.
1832 Henry Schoolcraft
discovers the source of the Mississippi River in Minnesota.
1798 English poet
William Wordsworth visits the ruins of Tinturn Abbey
1787 Congress, under the
Articles of Confederation, enacts the Northwest Ordinance, establishing rules
for governing the Northwest Territory, for admitting new states to the Union
and limiting the expansion of slavery.
1754 George Washington
surrenders Fort Necessity to the French, leaving them in control of the Ohio
Valley.
No comments:
Post a Comment