03/29/2024
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1780—John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.

1861—Telegraph message sent from St. Louis to San Francisco.

1870—Postcards first used in USA.

1875—The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Mass with Hans von Bulow as soloist.

1891—1st International 6 day bike race (NY Madison Square Garden) ends.

1905—1st College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Navy beats Maryland 17-0 in Annapolis.

1929—Former Interior Secretary Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe.

1930—1st scheduled transcontinental air service began.

1939—William Saroyan’s “Time of Your Life” premieres in NYC.

1953—Cleveland Brown’s QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles.

1955—Tappan sells 1st microwave oven.

1960—1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC.

1964—“The Wrong Way Run”, Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety (NFL’s #1 blooper)

1968—Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon’s baby.

1974—US Air Force fires 1st ICBM.

1978—Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL).

1984—Hepatitis virus is discovered.

1994—Susan Smith of South Carolina claims her 2 kids were carjacked (she actually killed them)

2001—Windows XP first became available.

2004—Fidel Castro, Cuba’s president, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8.

2012—Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Cuba and Haiti killing 65 people and causing over $80 million in damage.

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