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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
392 Theodosius of Rome passes legislation prohibiting all pagan worship in the empire and ending the Olympic games
1731 Benjamin Franklin opened the first US library
1793 The Louvre opens to the pubic in Paris
1889 Montana becomes the 41st state of the Union
1892 Former President Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win non-consecutive terms
2000 A dispute begins over the US presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, centered on Florida. A Supreme Court ruling on December 12 results in a 271-266 electoral victory for Bush.
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