This Day In History
1956
Japan joins the United Nations.
1916
World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French and British, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
1972
Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II.
1989
The European Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.
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