This Day in History
1814: Treaty of Ghent
On this day in 1814, the United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, ending the War of 1812, marking a decline of American dependence on Europe, and stimulating a sense of U.S. nationalism.
More events on this day
1997: Japanese actor Mifune Toshiro, known internationally for his energetic, flamboyant portrayals of samurai characters, especially in films directed by Kurosawa Akira, died near Tokyo.
1951: Idris I, head of the Sanusiyah (an Islamic Sufi brotherhood), was proclaimed king of an independent United Kingdom of Libya.
1943: General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II.
1942: Admiral François Darlan, a leading figure in Marshal Philippe Pétain's Vichy government, was assassinated in Algiers.
1822: English Victorian poet Matthew Arnold, a literary and social critic noted especially for his Classical attacks on the contemporary tastes and manners of the “Barbarians” (the aristocracy), the “Philistines” (the commercial middle class), and the “Populace,” was born. |
