(Thursday, February 20, 1947) — Prime Minister Clement Attlee announced in an address to Parliament today that the British government intended to withdraw all its military forces and government officials from India by June 1948 at the latest.
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President Theodore Roosevelt signs Immigration Act of 1907 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 20 1907)
(Wednesday, February 20, 1907) — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt today signed an immigration act which excluded “idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics, insane persons” from being admitted to the United States.