1870 – U.S. Congress creates the Department of Justice.
1941 – Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1957 – The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in the Kapustin Yar).
1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
