2014 Event Afghan officials have signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence 2014 Event Third baseman Miguel Cabrera signs a 10-year contract with the Detroit Tigers for $292 million, exceeding the 10-year contract signed by Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees in 2007 for $275 million 2014 Event U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry criticizes Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, for legislation he signed last week to ban same-sex marriage and criminalize gay rights groups and their activities; the law includes penalties of up to 14 years imprisonment 2013 Event During the first month of its release in October, the U.S. government reports that 106,185 people signed up for health insurance; only 26,794 signed up using the failed website, HealthCare.gov 2012 Event The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act is signed into law by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III 2012 Event A letter written by Manal al Sharif, and signed by hundreds, urges Saudi King Abdullah to give women the right to drive 2012 Event A ceasefire is signed between the Burmese government and the Karen rebels 1998 Event Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1997 Event Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement 1995 Event Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed 1995 Death Davie Cooper, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991, dies at 39 1994 Event Serbs and Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia 1991 Event Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community 1989 Event Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President Bush 1988 Event Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed 1984 Event During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" 1984 Event Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed 1975 Event Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations 1975 Birthday Torrie Wilson, born in Boise, Idaho, professional wrestler, fitness competitor, model, signed by World Championship Wrestling, appeared in 'Playboy' magazine 1973 Event President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1973 Event Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH 1969 Event Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon 1969 Event Andes Pact signed in Peru 1968 Event Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves 1968 Event Truth in Lending Act signed into law 1967 Event Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed 1964 Event Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson 1963 Event Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by U.S., UK, U.S.S.R. 1963 Birthday Jose Oquendo, born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Jose Manuel Roberto Guillermo Contreras Oquendo, baseball player, infielder, coach, signed with New York Mets at age fifteen, member, St. Louis Cardinals, played 1987 World Series, record for fewest second baseman errors, 1990 1961 Event Supremes signed with Motown Records 1958 Event Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg 1958 Event National Defense Education Act was signed 1958 Event President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood 1956 Event Federal interstate highway system act signed 1956 Birthday Davie Cooper, born in Hamilton, Scotland, David 'Davie' Cooper, professional soccer player, signed by Ranger for 100,000 pounds, won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991 1955 Event Freedom Charter signed in South Africa 1955 Event Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again 1955 Event Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1955 Event Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed 1955 Event Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance 1954 Event Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 signed 1954 Event Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1951 Event Cease-fire and demarcation zone accord signed in Panmunjon Korea 1951 Event 1st treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson 1951 Event International Cheese treaty signed 1949 Event North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington D.C.) 1949 Event North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada 1948 Event Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia 1948 Event Executive Order 9981, end segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed 1947 Event WW II peace treaties signed 1945 Event U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in SF 1945 Event Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed 1945 Event Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin 1944 Event Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1942 Event Anglo-Soviet Treaty signed in London 1941 Event Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill 1940 Birthday Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook' 1940 Event France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms 1940 Event Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 1938 Event Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain 1938 Event Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season 1933 Event Federal Securities Act signed 1933 Event Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams 1929 Birthday Johnny Ace, born in Memphis, Tennessee, born John Marshall Alexander, Jr., singer, member of the B.B. King band, signed to Duke Records, toured with Willa Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 1927 Event Belgian-Swiss treaty signed 1926 Event Russia and Latvia treaty of neutrality signed 1926 Event International slavery convention signed by 20 states 1926 Event Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed 1926 Event Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavs peace treaty signed 1926 Event Italian-Spanish peace treaty signed 1926 Event French and German trade agreement signed 1925 Event Treaty of Locarno signed 1925 Event Peace accord of Locarno signed (Rhine Pact) 1925 Event German-Russian trade agreement signed 1924 Event Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed 1924 Event British-German trade agreement signed 1924 Event French-Russian trade agreement signed 1924 Event French-German trade agreement signed 1924 Event Dutch-Turkish peace treaty signed 1924 Event British-Russian trade agreement signed 1924 Event German and Turkish friendship/trade treaty signed 1923 Event German - U.S friendship treaty signed 1922 Event Protocol of Genevia signed: Austria gains independence 1922 Event Russian-Italian trade agreement signed 1922 Event German-Russia treaty signed in Italy, Soviet Union recognized 1921 Event Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland 1920 Event German-Latvian peace treaty signed 1919 Event Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France 1918 Event United Press erroneously reports WW I armistice had been signed 1917 Event Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form Yugoslavia 1913 Event Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%) 1902 Event Boer War Ends; Treaty of Unity signed, Britain annexes Transvaal 1901 Event Cincinnati Enquirer reports Baltimore manager John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant 1899 Event U.S.-Spain peace treaty signed by President McKinley. U.S. gets Puerto Rico and Guam 1898 Event Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed 1895 Event Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends 1st Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) 1894 Event Treaty of Aoki-Kimberley signed between Japan and England 1884 Event British and Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II 1883 Event Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 1871 Event German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas 1864 Event Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations 1863 Event Emancipation Proclamation signed 1858 Event 1st commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan signed 1851 Event Treaty of Traverse des Sioux signed by Sioux Indians and U.S. 1848 Event In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed 1846 Event Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49 degrees N 1840 Event Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand 1839 Event Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed 1832 Death Charles Carroll, large landowner, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 95 1825 Event Creek Indian treaty signed. Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826 1820 Death William Ellery, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 92 1814 Event Treaty of Ghent (end of US-Britain's War of 1812) signed 1814 Death Robert Treat Paine, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 83 1813 Death Benjamin Rush, physician and abolotionist, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 67 1813 Death Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 1813 Death George Clymer, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 73 1811 Death Samuel Chase, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 70 1809 Event Embargo Act of 1807 repealed and Non-Intercourse Act signed 1808 Event Osage Treaty signed 1806 Death George Wythe, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 79 1804 Death Caesar Rodney, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62 1802 Event Law signed to establish U.S. Miltary Academy (West Point, New York) 1800 Death Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1798 Death Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 71 1796 Death Samuel Huntington, U.S. judge signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 64 1795 Event Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and U.S. is signed, establishing southern boundary of U.S. and giving Americans right to send goods down Mississippi 1795 Death Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician and judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1794 Event Jay Treaty, 1st U.S. extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain 1794 Death Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62 1788 Death John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 47 1787 Death Arthur Middleton, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 44 1783 Event Treaty of Paris signed (ending U.S. Revolutionary War) 1781 Death Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1779 Death John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68 1778 Event 1st treaty between the U.S. and Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) 1778 Death Philip Livingston, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 62 1746 Birthday Thomas Heyward, soldier, signed Declaration of Independence 1742 Birthday William Hooper, U.S. attorney signed Declaration of Independence 1741 Birthday John Penn, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence 1741 Birthday Samuel Chase, judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1739 Birthday George Clymer, U.S. merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1737 Birthday Charles Carroll, signed Declaration of Independence 1734 Birthday Robert Morris, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1732 Birthday Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer, signed Declaration of Independence 1731 Birthday William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence 1730 Birthday George Ross, U.S. judge, signed Declaration of Independence 1726 Birthday Oliver Wolcott, Ct-Gov, signed Declaration of Independence 1726 Birthday Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence 1726 Birthday Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence 1724 Birthday Lyman Hall, U.S. physician, signed Declaration of Independence 1723 Birthday John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence 1716 Birthday Philip Livingston, merchant, signed Declaration of Independence 1707 Birthday Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island signed Declaration of Independence 1640 Event English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1620 Event Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims in Cape Cod 1579 Event Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic 1579 Event Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic 1508 Event League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice) 1373 Event Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance, world's oldest, signed in London 1360 Event Treaty of Bretigny signed by English and French 1305 Event French-Flemish peace treaty signed at Athis-sur-Orge 1153 Event Treaty of Wallingford signed 855 Death Lotharius I, Romanian-French emperor (signed Treaty of Verdun), dies
