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Defend America on Friday, July 17, 2009 6:01:21 AM
1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
July 17, 1862
Confiscation Act approved
In
a big step toward emancipation, President Lincoln approves the
Confiscation Act, which declares that any slaves whose owners were in
rebellion against the government, would be freed when they came into
contact with the Union army.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2250
1960 - Francis Gary Powers pled guilty to spying charges in a Moscow
court after his U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union.
1987 - Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and rear Admiral John Poindexter
begin testifying to Congress at the "Iran-Contra" hearings.