1 of 6 | Palestinian men hold a map showing parts of British Mandate of Palestine during a rally ahead of Nakba in Gaza City, on May 15, 2012 . On September 29, 1923, Britain began to govern Palestine and what was then known as Transjordan under a League of Nations mandate. File Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 29 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1789, the U.S. War Department organized the country's first standing army -- 700 soldiers who would serve for three years.
In 1923, Britain began to govern Palestine and what was then known as Transjordan under a League of Nations mandate. The mandate was in place in Palestine until 1948 and in Transjordan until 1946.
In 1936, in the U.S. presidential race between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf Landon, the Democratic and Republican parties used radio for the first time. FDR won re-election in a record vote in November.
