1784 US Congress of the Confederation ratifies the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War, and forwards it to Great Britain.
1943 Heinrich Himmler views Warsaw.
1943 Japan begins Operation Ke, withdrawal of its troops from Guadalcanal.
1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel overseas by airplane.
1943 Casablanca Conference begins between Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and other Allied representatives.
1960 US Army promotes Elvis Presley to Sergeant.
1969 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers.
1973 "Aloha from Hawaii", an Elvis Presley concert, becomes the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer.
1989 1,000 muslims burn Salman Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford, England.
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