1836 Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas.
1914 US President Wilson orders the US Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any transatlantic communications - even to German diplomats sending coded messages; this will lead to the interception of the Zimmermann telegram, helping to bring the US into the war.
1939 FDR declares US neutrality at start of WW II in Europe.
1939 New Zealand Prime Minister, Michael Joseph Savage declares New Zealand's support for Britain in the war with Germany; Savage famously told the nation 'Where she goes, we go. Where she stands,we stand'
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