Hawaiian Islands annexed by the United States
The U.S. Congress annexed Hawaii through a joint resolution signed by President William McKinley on this day in 1898, paving the way for the islands to become a territory (1900) and later a U.S. state (1959). 1898.
The London transit system was struck by coordinated suicide bomb attacks that killed 39 people and injured more than 700. 2005.
The Solomon Islands became an independent nation. 1978.
Chinese and Japanese troops clashed near the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing, launching the Second Sino-Japanese War. 1937.
