This Day In History

1918
World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
1919
The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
1952
Hussein is proclaimed King of Jordan.
1972
Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
1975
East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
2003
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.