Angola ~ "Commencement of Armed Struggle Day" There has been fighting in Angola continuously since 1961..... worth a celebration?


1783 ~ England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.


1787 ~ Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.


1789 ~ George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States.


1861 ~ Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.


1945 ~ Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.


1948 ~ Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from the United Kingdom.


1976 ~ Benjamin Britten, British composer, died.


2003 ~ The country of Yugoslavia disappeared, to be replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind