03/29/2024
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This Day In History1777 – NY adopts new constitution as an independent state.
1818 – US Medical Corps forms.
1828 – First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication.
1841 – 1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders in Rue Morgue” (April 1841)
1863 – William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press.
1865 – US President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington.
1903 – Dr. Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC).
1918 – Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)
1939 – John Steinbeck novel “The Grapes of Wrath” published.
1945 – American planes bomb Tokyo & damage the Imperial Palace.
1955 – Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform.
1963 – George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group “Rolling Stones”
1969 – 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal, Canada).
1973 – Acting FBI director L. Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal.
1980 – 52nd Academy Awards: “Kramer vs Kramer”, Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win.
1983 – US President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue.
1992 – Court throws out Apple’s lawsuit against Microsoft.
2002 – 66th Masters Golf Tournament: Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win in two consecutive years.
2012 – J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website “Pottermore”
2013 – 77th Masters Golf Tournament: Adam Scott wins, shooting a 279.

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