On this day:
1941 U.S. enters WWII a day after Pearl Harbour attack
1991 Creation of Commonwealth of Independent States, founded by
1991 The Belavezha Accords, that disbanded the USSR and replaced it with Commonwealth of Independent States was signed
Born on this day:
1542 Mary, Queen of Scots
Gone on this day:
1864 George Boole, English mathematician, philosopher
1903 Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, philosopher
