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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1817 Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state
1861 Kentucky is admitted to the Confederate States of America
1862 The US House of Representatives passes a bill creating the state of West Virginia
1901 The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace
1948 The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights
1958 The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the United States - 111 passengers flew from New York City to Miami
2009 US President Barack Obama accepts the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway
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| Attribution: Photo: Harry Wad |
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