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Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1786 Daniel Shays leads a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.
1865 James H. Nason received a patent for a coffee percolator
1966 The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
1982 Time magazine chooses a personal computer as its “Man of the Year”, the first non-human ever to receive the honor.
1991 The Supreme Soviet formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
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