Today in history: Iraqis meet with Gen. Schwarzkopf to a ceasefire in 1991

1991: Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf meets with Iraqi generals to discuss a ceasefire in the Persian Gulf war.

Also today in history:

• 1627: Dutch privateer Piet Hein captured 22 Portuguese ships in Bay of Salvador, Brazil.
• 1918: The Bolshevik government signs the harsh Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and Austria-Hungary, effectively pulling Russia out of World War I (and plunging it right into the Russian Civil War).
• 1863: The United States’ first wartime military conscription bill is enacted. Meanwhile, U.S. Navy ironclad gunboats pound Fort McAllister, Georgia.

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