Historic meeting between North and South Korean leaders
On this day in 2000, South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung met North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in a summit that marked the first meeting between heads of the two countries, helping earn Kim Dae-Jung the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Perpetual Alliance (world’s oldest still in existence) signed in London between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand I of Portugal [1]
- 1866 US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)
- 1878 Congress of Berlin begins, determines the territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78
- 1956 The last British troops leave the Suez Canal Zone in Egypt
MARTHA WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY – 1st US First Lady (1789-97), born in Kent County, Virginia
TIM ALLEN – HOME IMPROVEMENT’S BIRTHDAY 1953 Canadian comedian (Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle), born in Denver, Colorado
