On Jan. 10, 1984, the United States established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican for the first time in 116 years.
Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries' harrowing journey ...
In 1890, the first Tournament of Roses parade took place in Pasadena, Calif. In 1892, Ellis Island opened in New York Harbor.
On January 6, 2021, the United States experienced an unprecedented event when a mob stormed the Capitol building in ...
In our “This Day in History” series, we highlight historical news events—and the Foreign Affairs articles and book reviews written about them—for each day of the year. What happened on this date?
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