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.
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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