03/28/2024
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This Day In History1813 – 1st US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel.
1845 – Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st African Americans to open law practice in US.
1852 – 1st edition of Peter Roget’s Thesaurus published.
1861 – Maryland’s House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union (US Civil War)
1894 – The 500-strong Commonwealth of Christ (Coxey’s Army) arrives in Washington, D.C. to protest against unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol.
1926 – France & US reach accord on repayment of WW I.
1934 – Pittsburgh is last major city to play a home game on a Sunday.
1940 – 1st radio broadcast of “Young Dr. Malone” on CBS.
1957 – 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1961 – ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” debuts.
1967 – Aretha Franklin releases “Respect”
1974 – US President Richard Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House.
1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The US begins to evacuate US citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover.  US involvement in the war comes to an end.
1981 – 1981 NFL Draft: George Rogers from University of South Carolina first pick by New Orleans Saints.
1985 – 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched.
1990 – Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement.
2004 – Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
2004 – Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
2006 – 2006 NFL Draft: Mario Williams from North Carolina State first pick from Houston, Texas.
2015 – German Measles is declared eradicated from North and South America – 1st world region to do so.

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