Friday, February 10, 2017

DAY 41 - This day in legal and military history

February 10
 

NATIONAL Umbrella Day 

NATIONAL Cream Cheese Brownie Day
 

NATIONAL Home Warranty Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1855 US citizenship laws were amended to include all children of US parents born abroad
 

1942 Ford stops civilian car production because of WWII
 

1966 Protestor David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card
 

1967 The 25th Amendment to the Constitution, dealing with succession to the presidency and establishing procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president, as well as responding to presidential disabilities, is ratified
 

1996 IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match

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