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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1798 Mission San Luis Rey in California was founded
1900 Boxer Rebellion begins in China
1920 The US Post Office Department rules that children may not be sent by parcel post
1966 The Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda vs. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning by police
1967 Thurgood Marshall was nominated to become the first African American on the US Supreme Court
1971 The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers
1979 Sioux Indians are awarded $105 million in compensation for the 1877 US seizure of the Black Hills in South Dakota
1983 Pioneer 10, already in space for 11 years, leaves the solar system
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