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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1666 The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city, begins
1789 The Treasury Department, headed by Alexander Hamilton, is created in New York City
1859 A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service
1901 Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase “Speak softly and carry a big stick” at the Minnesota State Fair
1912 Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America
1944 Anne Frank is sent to Auschwitz
1945 Japan signs the document of surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II
1945 Vietnam declares its independence and Nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaims himself its first president
1963 The US gets its first half-hour TV weeknight national news broadcast when CBS Evening News expands from 15 to 30 minutes
1992 The US and Russia agree to a joint venture to build a space station
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