1835: Treaty of New Echota is signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States
1845: Texas admitted as 28th state of the Union
1903: French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari (Central African Republic)
1911: Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen is elected the 1st President of the Republic of China
1997: Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
Source: Onthisday.com
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