NATIONAL Maple Syrup Day
NATIONAL Wright Brothers Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1777 France recognized American independence
1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
1944 The US approves an end to the internment of Japanese Americans, declaring that the “evacuees” from the West Coast could return to their homes effective January 2, 1945
1948 The Smithsonian Institution accepts the Kitty Hawk – the Wright brothers’ plane
1989 The Simpsons, television’s longest-running animated series, makes its US debut
1992 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by US, Canada, and Mexico
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