1 of 4 | On September 29, 2017, the U.S. State Department pulled all non-emergency staff from its embassy in Havana, Cuba, in connection to mysterious health issues. File Photo courtesy U.S. Department of State | 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. Advertisement In 1923, Britain began to govern Palestine under a League of Nations mandate. In 1936, in the U.S. presidential race between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf Landon, the Democratic and Republican...