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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1756 The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, officially begins when England declares war on France
1820 The US Congress designated the slave trade as a form of piracy
1862 The US Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress
1911 The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act
1918 The first air mail route in the US was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia
1930 Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess
1939 Dupont introduces nylon
1940 First successful test flight of an American helicopter, Vought-Sikorsky US-300
1942 The United States begins rationing gasoline
1953 Cubmaster Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, in Manhattan Beach, California, by Pack 280c
1958 Sputnik III is launched by the Soviet Union
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