Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author
- 1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
- 1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed.
- 1897 - U.S. President Cleveland vetoed legislation that would have required a literacy test for immigrants entering the country.
- 1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.
- 2016 - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved sanctions on North Korea that included mandatory inspections of cargo leaving and entering North Korea, a ban on all sales and transfers of small arms and light weapons and expulsion of diplomats that engage in "illicit activities." The sanctions were in reaction to the latest nuclear test and rocket launch in defiance of a ban on all nuclear-related activity.
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