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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1797 The US Navy frigate USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, was launched in Boston harbor
1872 The US Naval Academy admits John H. Conyers, the first African American to be accepted
1879 After 14 months of testing, Thomas Edison first demonstrates his electric lamp
1916 US Army formed Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
1940 Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published
1959 The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in Manhattan
1961 Bob Dylan records his first album in a single day at a cost of $400
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