TIME TRAVELING, August 18: In 1227, Mongol conquerer Ghengis Khan died ... In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child born of English parents on American soil ... In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration ... In 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued the "Proclamation of Neutrality" aimed at keeping the U.S. out of World War 1 ... In 1963, James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi, the first black person to do so ... In 1966, the first pictures of the earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the U.S. ... In 1990, the first shots were fired by the U.S. in the Persian Gulf Crisis when a U.S. ship fired rounds across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 07:00:13 +0000
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