
U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act into law.

"After a night spent breathing lungfuls of dust, & dressing in a railway carriage about as sandy as the average beach – & a last meal with little fly-whisking waiters... we arrived at Khartoum about 3.30. It was blazing heat... Slatin met us on the steps that led down into the garden..."
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