Today In History

In 1521: Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.

In 1777: George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.

In 1938: the March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.

In 1959: President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.

In 1961: The United States severed diplomatic ties with Cuba.

In 1993: President Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a historic nuclear missile-reduction treaty in Moscow.