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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1543 Nicolaus Copernicus publishes proof of a sun-centered solar system. He dies just after publication.
1607 Captain Christopher Newport and 105 followers found the colony of Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the coast of Virginia
1738 The Methodist Church is established
1764 Boston lawyer James Otis denounces “taxation without representation,” calling for the colonies to unite in opposition to Britain’s new tax measures
1844 Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message
1883 The Brooklyn Bridge opens
1958 The United Press and the International News Service merged to form United Press International (UPI)
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