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On February 4, 1859 a “ Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation, between the United States of America and the Republic of Paraguay” was signed. But the two nations had a rather rocky path to friendship, involving an up to then unprecedented deployment of the United States Navy.
Since 1928 the figures on bills printed for the general public have remained the same - Our familiar Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant and Franklin. But the United States has had many different kinds of federally printed paper money, and many different people have adorned it.
On February 2nd, 1980 the first details of what would be recognized as one of the greatest scandals of the era were released. According to the FBI, eight sitting members of the United States congress had been implicated in an investigation of political corruption.
When Communist China decided to intervene in the Korean War in December, 1950, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the People’s Volunteer Army drove UN troops below the 38th parallel. Less than a month later, in late January, 1951, UN troops of General Matthew Ridgeway’s 8th army prepared to counter attack.
