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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1798 The first serious fist fight occurs in Congress
1804 New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery
1838 In defiance of the new “gag rule” adopted 19 December 1837, Representative John Quincy Adams introduces 350 petitions against slavery into the House. The petitions are tabled.
1869 Charges of treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped
1879 President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court
1898 USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War
1946 ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
1965 Canada adopts maple leaf flag
1974 US gas stations threaten to close because of federal fuel policies
1999 Coast Guard recruiting ads began appearing on World Wrestling Federation cable television programs
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