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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1642 The city of Montreal was founded by the French
1861 Arkansas admitted to the Confederate States of America
1896 The Supreme Court’s decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upholds the “separate but equal” policy in the United States
1917 The US Congress passes the Selective Service act, calling up soldiers to fight World War I
1942 New York ends night baseball games for the rest of World War II
1951 The United Nations moves its headquarters to New York City
1980 After rumbling for two months, Mount Saint Helens, in Washington, erupts 3 times in 24 hours
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