In disturbances caused by scarcity of food, the mob goes in search of bread, and the means it employs is generally to wreck the bakeries.
— José Ortega y Gasset
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In 1818, the U.S. Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot Treaty with Great Britain, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
In 1862, the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, a bill ending slavery in the nation’s capital, became law.
In 1908, Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah.
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