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1814 War of 1812 ends as the U.S. and Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Allied forces.
1966 Astronauts James A. Lovell, William Anders, and Frank Borman reach the moon; they will orbit ten times and return to earth. The first landing on the moon by man will take place seven months later.