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On This Day: NATO formed with signing of treaty
On April 4, 1949, representatives of 12 nations gathered in Washington to sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating the NATO alliance.
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President Bill Clinton dons the red beret of the Red Eagles as he speaks with U.S. Troops stationed as part of a NATO peacekeeping force on January 13, 1996, in Tuzla, Bosnia. On April 4, 1949, representatives of 12 nations gathered in Washington to sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating the NATO alliance. File Photo by Mike Marucci/UPI | License Photo
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was 39. UPI File Photo | License Photo