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Misc. History
1868 - The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government.
1876 - Lt. Col. Custer and 210 men of the U.S. 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn in Montana.
1984 - The soundtrack "Purple Rain" was released five weeks ahead of the film.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the line-item veto thereby striking down presidential power to cancel specific items in tax and spending legislation.
| President Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three. - Norman Cousins of the Daily Telegraph, on President Richard Nixon. |
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