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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1787 Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States
1941 Japanese planes raid Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise attack, bringing the US into WWII
1942 The US Navy launches the USS New Jersey, the largest battleship ever built
1945 The microwave oven was patented
1963 During the Army-Navy game, videotaped instant replay was used for the first time in a live sports telecast
1972 America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral
1999 The Recording Industry Association of America files a copyright infringement suit against the file-sharing website Napster
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