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This Week in HistoryOn September 3, 1783...Treaty of Paris signed, thus bringing an official end to combat in the Revolutionary War. The treaty still had to be ratified. On September 2, 1935... The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 first struck Florida. The hurricane was a Category 5 storm, and claimed the life of over 400 people. On September 2, 1945... Japan officially surrendered, ending all combat in World War II. On September 1, 1823... Smith Thompson was appointed to the Supreme Court by President James Monroe On August 29, 2005... Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and the state of Louisiana as a Category 3 storm. 1,836 people lost their lives from, and $81 billion damage caused by, the storm and subsequent flooding. |
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