This Day In History
1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.
1851
Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
1917
World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1945
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
1980
President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
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