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| 1857 | The Sepoy Mutiny: Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army, drawn mostly from Muslim units from Bengal, mutinied in Meerut, a cantonment eighty kilometers northeast of Delhi. In the bloody uprising at the garrison in Meerut, the mutineers murdered every European they found.
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| 1861 | St. Louis Massacre: As he was marching his prisoners to the Federal Arsenal in St. Louis for internment, an angry mob gathered around Capt. Lyons and his "Home Guard", who opened fire on the civilians, killing 38.
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| 1865 | Jefferson Davis, president of the fallen Confederate government (U.S. "War Between the States"), was captured with his wife and entourage near Irwinville, Georgia.
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| 1886 | The U.S. Supreme declares corporations to have all the rights and benefits as persons in "SANTA CLARA COUNTY v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY".
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| 1893 | In Nix vs Hedden, 149 U.S. 304 (1893), the U.S. Supreme Court declares the tomato to be a vegetable (and therefore subject to the tariff), a decision scientists have had trouble with to this day.
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| 1948 | President Truman orders the Army to operate the railroads to prevent a nationwide rail strike {pdf} (PDF File!). They will remain in control until 1952.
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| 1950 | "NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACT OF 1950" becomes law. Provides taxpayer support to scientists and university researchers, enabling fundamental research into such interesting subjects as "How old is the universe and what good is it anyway?"
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| 1979 | The Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Pohnpei, Truk, and Kosrae) came into existence.
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| 1997 | Today's Health Advisory: Eggs can be bad for your health according to CSPI. Get over it. More bad stuff here.
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| 2005 | President George W. Bush (R) signs the Real ID Act which was attached to a bigger bill with billions of dollars he wanted, the funding for the Iraq war. Allegedly, the politicians that imposed this requirement for a national ID card, never bothered to even read the bill.
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