Happened today
- 1373 - England and Portugal sign an alliance treaty that has never been broken.
- 1774 - Rhode Island is the first of the thirteen American colonies to outlaw the importation of slaves.
- 1878 - The Congress of Berlin begins.
- 1995 - President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests in Polynesia.
- 2005 - Michael Jackson is declared not guilty for all the accusations concerning pedophilia.
Born Today
Died Today
Today's quote
When I was a boy, I thought myself a man. Now that I am a man, I find myself a boy.
~Thomas Young
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