Today in History.....

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* 1904, the Supreme Court ruled that Puerto Ricans were not aliens and could enter the United States freely; however, the court stopped short of declaring them U.S. citizens

* 1951, during the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul

* 1965, President Johnson outlined the goals of his Great Society in his State of the Union Address

* 1974, President Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee

* 1995, the 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era

* 2004, the governor of the Baghdad region known for cooperating closely with American troops, was assassinated along with six bodyguards as he drove to work