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.
- 1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.
- 1917 - Citizens of Puerto Rico were granted U.S. citizenship with the enactment of the Jones Act.
- 1925 - State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped, numbered marker.
- 2016 - The (worthless) 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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