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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1789 The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs)
1858 The Butterfield Overland Mail Company begins delivering mail from St. Louis to San Francisco. The company’s motto is “Remember, boys, nothing on God’s earth must stop the United States mail!”
1928 Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming discovers, by accident, that the mold penicillin has an antibiotic effect
1971 The environmental group Greenpeace is founded
1981 Sandra Day O’Connor is unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to become the first female justice on the US Supreme Court
2008 The largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy in US history is filed by Lehman Brothers financial services firm
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