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— 250 years since 1776. Explore two and a half centuries of American history.
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Anniversaries in American history that fall on December 18.
1944 · Documents / Supreme Court Decisions
Korematsu v. United States
The 1944 ruling that upheld Japanese American internment — and was later repudiated
Korematsu v. United States