On this date in history:

On this date in history:  (2014) The United States and Cuba reestablished diplomatic relations that had been in abeyance for more than 50 years. (2011) North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il died; he was succeeded by his youngest son, Kim Jong-Un. (1992) The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by the leaders of Mexico, Canada, and the United States; it was replaced by the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement in 2020. (1989) After appearing as a cartoon short, the animated television series The Simpsons debuted as a Christmas special; it became a weekly series in 1990. (1903) On this day in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained flights in an airplane—Orville first, gliding 120 feet (36.6 metres) through the air in 12 seconds. (1892) The first issue of Vogue was published; initially a weekly high-society journal, it became a hugely influential American fashion and lifestyle magazine. (1760) American Revolutionary soldier Deborah Sampson, who assumed a man’s identity in order to join the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, was born.