03/28/2024
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This Day In History
1718 – Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana: New Orleans founded.
1829 – President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses.
1886 – 1st international polo meet (US vs England)
1904 – James J. Jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title.
1910 – Yellow Cab is founded.
1912 – 1st time an aircraft recovers from a spin.
1916 – US Department of Interior forms National Park Service.
1932 – Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight.
1943 – US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WWII.
1950 – US President Harry Truman orders army to take control of railroad to avert a strike.
1956 – To make room for Enos Slaughter, NY Yanks release Phil Rizzuto.
1968 – Arthur Ashe becomes 1st African American to win the US singles championship.
1980 – Gower Champion’s musical “42nd Street” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances.
1987 – Dow Jones industrial average reaches record 2722.42.
1988 – NASA launches space vehicle S-214.
1991 – Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds.
1991 – Linux was born when Linus Torvalds sent off the email announcing his project to create a new operating system.
1996 – 96th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods.
2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft, enters interstellar space (launched in 1977), – first spacecraft to do so.
2013 – 30th MTV Video Music Awards: Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift & Bruno Mars win.

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