03/28/2024
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This Day In History1868 – Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers.

1892 – Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

1906 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar & Cleopatra” premieres in NYC.

1913 – 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway is dedicated.

1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

1941 – Mount Rushmore Monument is completed.

1943 – Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10).

1943 – World War II: F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.

1950 – Collazo & Torresola attempt to assassinate Harry Truman in Washington, DC.

1959 – Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to USA.

1968 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.

1981 – 1st live US radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC).

1988 – 19F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in October.

1988 – 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23.

1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.

2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.

2003 – A bankruptcy court approves MCI’s reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy.

2011 – The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations.

2012 – The New York stock exchange opens after being closed for two days after Hurricane Sandy.

2014 – 2014 baseball Hall of Fame inductees: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre

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