West Virginia enters the Union as the 35th state, two years after it seceded from Virginia in the first months of the Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln stipulated that West Virginia had to adopt a statewide plan for abolition in order to be granted statehood.
American and Soviet leaders establish a direct phone line between the White House and the Kremlin following the communication delays during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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