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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1614 Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe
1792 George Washington casts the first presidential veto
1887 Lord Acton writes, "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely"
1896 First modern Olympic Games begin in Athens, with 8 nations participating
2010 The United States Supreme Court declines to take up a case by residents of Bikini Atoll and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, who are seeking compensation for US nuclear tests conducted on the islands
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