Mexico border fence bill [US House] News
Mexico border fence bill [US House]

The Secure Fence Act of 2006, passed by the US House of Representatives, September 15, 2006 [providing for the construction of a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border designed to curb illegal immigration]. Read the full text of the bill [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Nuclear test-ban treaty signed

On October 7, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the first nuclear test ban treaty between the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union.

East Germany created

On October 7, 1949, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was created, formally dividing the country for the next 41 years.