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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1794 Inventor Eli Whitney receives a patent for his cotton gin
1812 The US issues the first War Bonds
1900 United States currency goes on the gold standard
1923 President Warren G. Harding becomes the first US President to file an income tax report
1947 The United States signs a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines
1950 The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list made its debut
1967 John F. Kennedy‘s body is moved from a temporary grave to a permanent one in Arlington Cemetery
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