JULY 28
1868:Secretary of State William Seward certifies that the 14th Amendment is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. The amendment grants citizenship to former slaves and reaffirms that all citizens are entitled to due process and the “equal protection of the laws.”
1932: President Herbert Hoover sends federal troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to force the encamped Bonus Army protesters to leave Washington, D.C. Faced with tanks, bayonets and tear gas, thousands of World War I veterans eventually disband and leave the capital without receiving the pension funds they demand.
2005: The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces an end to its decades-long armed campaign and pledges to seek the removal of British rule from Northern Ireland through exclusively nonviolent means.
1932: President Herbert Hoover sends federal troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to force the encamped Bonus Army protesters to leave Washington, D.C. Faced with tanks, bayonets and tear gas, thousands of World War I veterans eventually disband and leave the capital without receiving the pension funds they demand.
2005: The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces an end to its decades-long armed campaign and pledges to seek the removal of British rule from Northern Ireland through exclusively nonviolent means.
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