03/29/2024
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1776 – Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress.

1820 – Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey.

1870 – U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees.

1894 – Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees.

1902 – US buys concession to build Panama Canal from French for $40 million.

1935 – FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

1950 – North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War.

1954 – 111 degrees F at Camden, South Carolina (state record)

1956 – 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago, Illinois)

1957 – Cincinnati Reds’ fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters.

1965 – 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

1968 – Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers.

1973 – Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League’s “no girls” rule.

1976 – 1st female admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1979 – OPEC raises oil prices 24%.

1997 – TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant.

2015 – David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border, 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correction Facility June 6.

2017 – Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft.

2018 – Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine.

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