Kellog-Braid pact took effect

On July 24, 1929, the Kellogg-Briand Pact took effect, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy. It had been previously signed on August 27, 1928 by most great world powers. World War II broke out in Europe ten years after the treaty was signed.

Read documents related to the Kellog-Braid Pact from Yale Law School’s Avalon Project.

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.