December 8th
2004
The Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco,
Peru
, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
Union of South American Nations
1993
President
Bill Clinton
signed
The North American Free Trade Agreement
(
NAFTA
) into law.
North American Free Trade Agreement
1991
Creation of Commonwealth of Independent States. The international organization was formed by
Belarus
,
Ukraine
, and
the Russian Federation
as a political forum for members of the former
Soviet Union
.
CIS national football team
1987
President
Reagan
and
Soviet
leader
Mikhail Gorbachev
signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
1980
John Lennon
, former member of the
Beatles
, was shot and killed in
New York City
by a deranged fan.
Murder of John Lennon
1978
Former
Israeli
prime minister
Golda Meir
died.
Golda Meir
1966
US
&
US
SR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space.
1966 U.S. Open (golf)
1965
Pope Paul VI
signs 2nd
Vatican
council.
Second Vatican Council
1949
Communist
attacks forced the
Chinese
Nationalist
government to flee to the island of Formosa (
Taiwan
).
Chiang Kai-shek
1941
President
Roosevelt
delivers 'Day of Infamy' speech to
US
Congress a day after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor
.
Infamy Speech
1886
The American Federation of Labor
was founded at a convention of union leaders in
Columbus
,
Ohio
.
American Federation of Labor
1863
Abraham Lincoln
issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South.
Pardons for ex-Confederates
1854
Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
Immaculate Conception
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