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Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. A bomb explodes in a car parked in front of the U. Embassy in Saigon, virtually destroying the building and killing 19 Vietnamese, 2 Americans, and 1 Filipino; others were injured. Although some U.
A floating apartment for oil workers in the North Sea collapses, killing people, on March 30, The Alexander Kielland platform housed men who worked on the nearby Edda oil rig in the Ekofisk field, miles east of Dundee, Scotland.
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This Day In History. In addition to handwritten letters and official documents, there are newspaper accounts, a map of the Arctic shores, even a karat gold cigar case decorated with iconic Alaskan scenes. Signed by then-President Andrew Johnson, this document grants Seward the authority to meet with Eduard de Stoeckl, the Russian minister to the United States, to negotiate a treaty allowing the United States to purchase the Alaskan territory.
This territory included Alaska, parts of northern California, and two ports in Hawaii. After a long night of negotiations, Seward and de Stoeckl signed a treaty stating that the U.
The treaty outlines the geographical boundaries of the territory and establishes ownership of existing property. Russian citizens could choose to return to their home country within three years or remain in the territory to become U.
Meanwhile, members of native tribes were not eligible for citizenship, but were still subject to the laws and regulations set forth by the U.
This is a copy of that treaty, which was approved by the senate on April 9, , and ratified by the president on May 28,
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