In the District of Columbia, emissaries from Belgium, the Dominion of Canada, the Republic of France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance to intimidate the Soviet Union.

       [added 5/17/2025] Thanks to Freedoms Phoenix for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

5/5/1949                 9/7/1960                2/9/1990

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

North Atlantic Treaty – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,216,389,414,480

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