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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1789 Congress passes the Judiciary Act of 1789, establishing a strong federal court system with the powers it needs to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and federal law
1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect nine black students entering its newly integrated high school
1957 The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field
1960 The Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, is launched
1969 The trial of the “Chicago Eight” (later seven) began
1979 CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service
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