Also on this day: Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X. Gen. George Washington’s army routes the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.
Japan’s Meiji Restoration re-establishes the authority of the emperor and heralds the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns; the upheaval paves the way for Japan’s drive toward becoming a modern power.
File (AP Photo) The first six members of the newly formed U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hold their first meeting at the White House.President Dwight D.
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