26 October 2016

Pinckney's Treaty

26 October 1795 


On this date in 1795...

Pinckney's Treaty between Spain & US is signed, establishing southern boundary of US & giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi.

Other Years:


  • 1749 - The Georgia Colony reversed an earlier law and ruled slavery legal. 
  • 1774 - The First Continental Congress adjourned its session in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 1810 - The U.S. annexed the Republic of West Florida.
  • 1881 - The "Gunfight at the OK Corral" took place in Tombstone, Arizona between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holiday against the Ike Clanton Gang.
  • 1911 - Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1962 - The Soviet Union made an offer to end the Cuban Missile Crisis by taking their missile bases out of Cuba if the U.S. agreed to not invade Cuba.


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