On This Day

• 1895 The Republic of Formosa was proclaimed in Taiwan, declaring independence from Qing China (16).
• 1914 The British parliament (49) passed the Third Home Rule Act, establishing a devolved government (5) in Ireland.
• 1936 Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives developed the notorious "Mohawk Valley formula" to intimidate the strikers.
• 1955 Englishmen Joe Brown and George Band became the first to climb Kangchenjunga (1), the third-highest mountain in the world (1), but stopped short of the summit as per a promise given to the Maharaja of Sikkim that the top would remain inviolate.
• 1961 During a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress (1), U.S. President John F. Kennedy (49) announced his support for the Apollo space program (15) (insignia pictured), with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".

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