The seperation of powers and checks and balances which came into effect on 
March 3, 1789 happened at 11:59 AM. Why was the time 11:59 AM so 
significant? Why did they chose this particular time of day?

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 12 Sep 2005 20:34 PDT

Dear nina5561,

are you certain about the time of day? Is it possible that, instead of
11:59am, the time was actually 11:59pm (or 23:59, one minute to
midnight)? In that case, there would be a possible explanation. Maybe
you could provide me the source for the date and the time. Any
additional information could prove helpful.

Regards,
Scriptor