- 1776: Thomas Paine published the pamphlet "Common Sense."
- 1861: Florida seceded from the Union.
- 1870: John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil.
- 1920: The Treaty of Versailles went into effect, establishing the League of Nations .
- 1946: The first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
- 1967: The first black US Senator elected by popular vote, Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.
- 2000: America Online agreed to buy Time-Warner for $162 billion.
- 2003: North Korea withdrew from a global treaty barring it from making nuclear weapons.
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