On August 31st in US Political History
Part III
Part III
On August 31st in 1951 The former enemies of the world war reconvened in San Francisco to finalize negotiations on the peace treaty to formally end WW II. Japan agreed to pay the Int’l. Red Cross $15 per POW while the allies agreed not to bring charges against it.
On August 31st in 1951 The 1st Marine Division began its attack on Bloody Ridge in Korea. The four-day battle resulted in 2,700 Marine casualties.
On August 31st in 1961 A concrete wall replaced the barbed wire fence that separated East and West Germany, it would be called the Berlin wall.
On August 31st in 1965 The US House of Reps joined Senate to establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop.
On August 31st in 1974 - In federal court, John Lennon testified the Nixon administration tried to have him deported because of his involvement with the anti-war demonstrations at the 1972 Republican convention in Miami, FL.
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