2013 Event Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives birth to a son, the third in line to the British throne; the child, named George Alexander Louis, is formally known as His Royal Highness Prince of Cambridge 2013 Event Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally apologizes to people affected by forced adoptions during the 1950s through 1970s 2012 Event Ahead of court martial, suspect U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is formally charged with turning over a massive cache of classified documents to Wikileaks 2011 Event The last convoy of U.S. Army soldiers leaves Iraq, formally marking the end of the Iraq War 1997 Event Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS 1997 Event Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death 1995 Event Mississippi House of Representatives formally abolishes slavery and ratifies 13th Amendment 1994 Event Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York governor 1992 Event Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns 1991 Event Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned as President of U.S.S.R. 1991 Event Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States 1990 Event Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida 1989 Event Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud 1989 Event Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing 1984 Event President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term 1982 Event U.S. formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama 1980 Event U.S.S.R. formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin 1980 Event Ronald Reagan formally accepts Republican nomination for president 1978 Event China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension 1977 Event Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel 1977 Event 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal priest (Jacqueline Means) 1975 Event Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt 1969 Event Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp 1967 Event Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands 1964 Event Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base) 1951 Event President Harry S Truman formally ends state of war with Germany 1951 Event President Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany 1945 Event Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter 1937 Event Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1924 Event Soviet Union formally recognized by Britain 1922 Event Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes 1914 Event Federal Reserve System formally opens 1913 Event Greece formally takes possession of Crete 1913 Birthday Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1898 Event Hawaii formally annexed to U.S. 1897 Event Harbor Hospital formally opens 1875 Event Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens 1869 Event Free postal delivery formally inaugurated 1867 Event Midway Islands formally declared a U.S. possession 1866 Event President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1860 Event Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua 1854 Event Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin 1849 Event Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India 1846 Event Texas state government formally installed in Austin 1830 Event Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X 1829 Event Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens 1814 Event Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch 1803 Event Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M 1794 Event New York City formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build forts to protect New York City from British 1775 Event 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes U.S. Navy 1721 Event South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony 1674 Event Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1501 Event Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral 1265 Event 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 842 Event Medieval Iconoclastic Controversy ends as a council in Constantinople formally reinstated the veneration of icons in the churches 476 Event West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
