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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1513 Ponce de León claimed Florida for Spain
1789 The US House of Representatives holds its first meeting
1913 The 17th Amendment is ratified, requiring direct election of senators
1943 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities
1946 The League of Nations assembled for the last time
1974 Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record
1975 Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians becomes the first black manager of a major league baseball team
1986 Actor Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California
1994 Smoking was banned in the Pentagon and all US military bases
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