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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1613 London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII
1652 Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth
1767 The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America
1917 The Ukraine proclaims independence from Russia
1925 An earthquake ravages Santa Barbara, California
1938 Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Olympic National Park, Washington, are founded
1972 The Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment, prompting some states to revise their laws
1995 The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth
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