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The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain
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Their leader assassinated and their homes under attack, the Mormons of Nauvoo, Illinois, begin a long westward migration that eventually brings them to the valley of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
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U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship.
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1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia.
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The first Tom and Jerry cartoon ""Puss Gets the Boot"" premiers.
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President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
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South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela, the black activist imprisoned for 27 years, will be released the next day.
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After three hours, world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second
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The third installment of the Super Smash Brothers series is released to the public.
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Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the 1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, dies at her Woodside, California, home at age 85.
