Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Atlantic Charter, issued by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Roosevelt (seated at left) and Churchill are shown aboard the HMS Prince of Wales during the Atlantic Conference on August 10, 1941 in Placentia Bay.

The joint historic statement spelled out the goals of the United States and Great Britain that would shape the world after the Second World War.

Churchill and Roosevelt had steamed into Placentia Bay on August 9, 1941 aboard their respective vessels, but the joint declaration itself was issued on August 14th at what was then the U.S. naval base in Argentia.