1980 U.S.-Russia detente ends
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April 07, 2018
On this day in 1980, in a strong reaction to the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Jimmy Carter asks the Senate to...
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1946 Hidden Japanese surrender after Pacific War has ended
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April 06, 2018
An American soldier accepts the surrender of about 20 Japanese soldiers who only discovered that the war was over by reading it in the new...
1942 United Nations created
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April 06, 2018
On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue a declaration, signed by representatives...
1915 British ship Formidable is torpedoed
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April 06, 2018
In the early-morning hours of New Year’s Day, 1915, the 15,000-ton British HMS class battleship Formidable is torpedoed by the German su...
1967 Operation Sam Houston begins
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April 06, 2018
Operation Sam Houston begins as a continuation of border surveillance operations in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces in the Central Highlands ...
1966 1st Marine Division advance elements arrive
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April 06, 2018
On this day, advance elements of the 1st Regiment of the Marine 1st Division arrive in Vietnam. The entire division followed by the end of...
1863 Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation
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April 06, 2018
On this day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation . Attempting to stitch together a nation mired in a bloody civ...