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Today in History selects moments from world events
On September 29 1789 the War Department formed a regular army. Scotland Yard began duty in 1829. Munich Agreement signed in 1938. Notable deaths include Pope John Paul I 1978 and Henry Ford II 1987. Birthdays span Lizabeth Scott to Zachary Levi with quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt.
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U.S. War Department
London
Scotland Yard
Prussia
Otto von Bismarck
Washington National Cathedral
Michelangelo Antonioni
Ferrara
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Giants
San Francisco
John Paul I
Vatican
Chicago
Soviet Union
Nicholas Daniloff
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
George W. Bush
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
United States
John G. Roberts Jr
Senate
White House
Bush
Karl Rove
CIA
Valerie Plame
Presi
Dent Bush
Federal Trade Commission
Wall Street
House
Bush Administration
Omar Khadr
U.S
Guantanamo Bay