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  • King Philip's War ends

    King Philip's War, a conflict between the Wampanoag and Plymouth, ends when Philip is assassinated by a Native American in service of the English.

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  • Armistice ends Spanish-American War

    The Spanish-American War ends  with an armistice between the two sides. The eventual Treaty of Paris would cede Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States.

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  • FDR and Churchill meet

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for the first time in Newfoundland. The two leaders would lead the Allied war effort following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor four months later.

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