TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Dec. 28, 2014

The war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end with a quiet flag-lowering ceremony in Kabul that marked the transition of the fighting from U.S.-led combat troops to the country’s own security forces.

ON THIS DATE 1895

The Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, held the first public showing of their movies in Paris.

1945

Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.

1973

The Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon.