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The USA PATRIOT Act was signed in response to 9/11, giving law enforcement more power. Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. The OK Corral firefight took place in 1881. King George III authorized military force to end the American Revolution in 1775. An experimental baboon heart transplant was performed in 1984. Benjamin Franklin sailed to France for military support in 1776. The Erie Canal opened in 1825. General Piccolomini set fire to Skopje to prevent a cholera epidemic in 1689. Smog in Donora, Pennsylvania killed 70 people in 1948. Hillary Rodham Clinton was born in 1947.
United States President George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act. (2001) The act – signed into law in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 – increased the power of law enforcement, allowing them to better prevent further terrorist attacks in America. The law relaxed restrictions on wiretapping; detention and search of suspects; seizure of property; and looking through private information such as emails, medical records, and phone records.
Israel and Jordan have signed a peace treaty. (1994) The Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty ended a war between the countries that had lasted 46 years.
The OK Corral firefight took place. (1881) The infamous shooting occurred in Tombstone, Arizona and actually occurred six doors down from the OK Corral. The battle pitted law enforcement representatives Wyatt Earp, “Doc” Holiday and the Earp’s two brothers against a gang of highwaymen led by Ike Clanton. Three members of the Clanton group were killed and Earp’s two brothers were wounded.
British King George III told his parliament that the American colonies were rebelling. (1775) The King then authorized the use of military force to end the American Revolution, effectively starting the American Revolutionary War.
An experimental treatment has transplanted a baboon heart into a newborn baby for the first time. (1984) The child, later identified by Stephanie Fae Beauclair, or “BaFae”, had hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The transplant was performed at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. She lived for 21 days after the transplant and died of a kidney infection.
Benjamin Franklin sailed to France to enlist French military support during the American Revolutionary War. (1776) France had aided the American cause “under the table”, but did not want to publicly ally with the United States until it was sure that the United States would win the war. The treaties of the Alliance were signed a year later, after the American forces won the “Battle of Saratoga”.
The Erie Canal was opened. (1825) Canal established a 363-mile (about 584 km) waterway between the Hudson River in New York and Lake Erie.
Austrian military general Enea Piccolomini set fire to the city of Skopje, Macedonia, to prevent a cholera epidemic. (1689) While fighting to reclaim power over several regions of the Ottoman Empire, General Piccolomini came across Skopje, which was plagued by cholera. The fire burned for two days, destroyed most of the city, and reduced the city’s population to about 10,000 from 60,000. General Picolomini died of cholera not long after setting fire to the city.
Smog settled in Donora, Pennsylvania, killing 20 people and making another 7,000 sick. (1948) The smog, caused by an inversion of the air which acts as a containment pressure cap, came from the nearby industrial establishments. By the time the smog cleared five days later, 50 more people had died, bringing the death toll to 70. Death rates continued to be high in the community for more than 10 years. The event was later described as one of the nation’s worst pollution disasters in history.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is born. (1947) Clinton is an American politician whose roles have included First Lady of the United States, United States Senator, and United States Secretary of State.
