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MOMENTS IN TIME - July 22, 2010

The History Channel

* On July 30, 1619, in Jamestown, Va., the first elected legislative assembly in the New World — the House of Burgesses — convenes in the choir of the town’s church. Its first law required tobacco to be sold for at least three shillings per pound. Other laws included prohibitions against gambling, drunkenness and idleness. Sabbath observance was made mandatory.

* On July 29, 1909, newly formed General Motors Corporation acquires the luxury automaker Cadillac Automobile Company for $4.5 million. In 1954, Cadillac was the first automaker to provide power steering and automati...

 

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