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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1664 After days of negotiation, the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam surrenders to the British, who rename it New York
1698 Russia's Peter the Great levied a tax on bearded men
1774 The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia
1972 Palestinian terrorists murder 11 Israelis at the Munich Olympics
1975 In Sacramento, California, an assassination attempt against President Gerald Ford is thwarted when a Secret Service agent wrests a semi-automatic .45-caliber pistol from Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson
1991 Jury selection began in Miami in the drug and racketeering trial of former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega
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