1788 - New York ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 11th state of the United States.
1945 - Britain, China and the United States issued the Potsdam Declaration threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction" if it did not surrender unconditionally at the end of World War Two.
1945 - Britain, China and the United States issued the Potsdam Declaration threatening Japan with "prompt and utter destruction" if it did not surrender unconditionally at the end of World War Two.
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