A Japanese floatplane dropped incendiary bombs into the forest near Mount Emily, Oregon. The explosives were meant to start a major forest fire, but the
Mary Edwards Walker became the first and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor for her dedication as a surgeon during the Civil War.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.
National security advisor Henry Kissinger declared “Peace is at hand” in Vietnam.
Dozens of children fathered by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, on a journey to new lives in America – the
President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of World War II.
The British repulsed an attack by Continental Army Generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec. Montgomery was killed.
The United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
A peace agreement was signed, ending 36 years of conflict in Guatemala.
British troops burned Buffalo, New York, during the War of 1812.
