MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Aug. 21, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state in the Union. The islands had been U.S. territory since 1900.

On 3 September, China will hold a major parade at Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing to commemorate the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the ...