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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1619 The first legislative assembly in English North America convened in Jamestown, Virginia
1729 The US city of Baltimore was founded
1932 The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles
1938 George Eastman demonstrates his color motion picture process
1956 The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the US national motto
1965 President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law
2003 The last of the uniquely shaped “old style” Volkswagen Beetles rolls off the assembly line in Mexico
2012 Blackout in India as power grid failure leaves 300 million+ without power
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