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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1844 The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London
1930 Frozen foods are sold commercially for the first time
1934 President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission
1944 D-Day: Operation Overlord lands 400,000 Allied American, British, and Canadian troops on the beaches of Normandy in German-occupied France
1949 George Orwell’s novel of a dystopian future, Nineteen Eighty-four, is published
2002 President Bush proposed a new Cabinet department: The Department of Homeland Security
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