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Defend America on Friday, November 28, 2008 5:39:21 PM
John Adams replaces Silas Deane
After
the judgment and loyalty of Silas Deane is called into question,
Congress appoints John Adams to succeed Deane as the commissioner to
France on this day in 1777.
Deane had been recalled to America by Congress after fellow diplomat Arthur Lee accused him of misappropriating French funds.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52061
November 28,
1862
: Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas
Union
troops under General John Blunt drive Confederates under General John
Marmaduke back into the Boston Mountains in northwestern Arkansas.
The
Battle of Cane Hill was part of a Confederate attempt to drive the
Yankees back into Missouri and recapture ground lost during the Pea
Ridge campaign of early 1862, when Union forces secured parts of
northern Arkansas.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2401
November 28,
1943
FDR attends Tehran Conference
On
this day in 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt joins British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin at a
conference in Iran to discuss strategies for winning World War II and
potential terms for a peace settlement.
Tehran, Iran, was chosen as the site for the talks
largely due to its strategic importance to the Allies. The United
States was able to get supplies to the Soviets through Iran when
Germany controlled most of Europe, the Balkans and North Africa, and
German U-boat attacks on Allied shipping in the Atlantic Ocean and
North Sea made transport treacherous.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=52022