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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1656 BC Noah enters the Ark, according to Bishop Ussher
1775 King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American Revolution
1861 Last ride of the Pony Express
1881 Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona
1904 NYC subway opens
1905 Norway secedes from Sweden
1970 Garry Trudeau’s comic strip Doonesbury first appears
2001 The USA PATRIOT Act is signed into law by President George W. Bush, greatly expanding intelligence and legal agencies’ ability to utilize wiretaps, records searches and surveillance
2005 The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years
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