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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
2348 BC Biblical scholars believe this is the day of the Great Deluge, or Flood
1783 Evacuation Day - the British leave New York City, their last base in the US, and the Governor of New York honors George Washington at a banquet where thirteen toasts are offered, beginning with "The United States of America"
1867 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1923 Transatlantic broadcasting from England to America commences
1946 The US Supreme Court grants the Oregon Indians land payment rights from the US government
1955 The Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation in interstate travel
1963 The body of assassinated President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1999 Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida
2002 President Bush created the Department of Homeland Security
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