United Nations approves resolution for the partition of Palestine

On this day in 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181, which called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states and for placing the city of Jerusalem under a special international regime. 1947. 

Henry Kissinger, who was one of the most influential and controversial diplomats during the second half of the 20th century, died in Connecticut at age 100. 2023. 

In a ceremony that was broadcast around the world by satellite, some 28,000 couples gathered at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., for a “wedding” conducted by Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. 1997. 

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. 1963. 

Prussia and Austria signed the Punctation of Olmütz, an agreement regulating the two powers’ relations. 1850. 

A Polish secret society of infantry cadets staged an uprising in Warsaw, beginning the November Insurrection. 1830.