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Today in History: November 16, Nixon authorizes Alaska pipeline

Also on this day, investigators found a letter addressed to Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont containing anthrax

An aerial view of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
FAIRBANKS, AK – JUNE 21: A fuel truck drives south along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline late on July 21, 2002 between the Yukon River and The Arctic Circle on Dalton Hwy. The 800 mile pipeline crude oil from Prudhoe Bay to the ice free port of Valdez, Alaska. (Photo by Barry Williams/Getty Images)
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President Richard Nixon signed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of an 800-mile (1,290-kilometer) oil pipeline from the Alaska North Slope to the port city of Valdez.

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