03/28/2024
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This Day In History1682—Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn.

1853—1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)

1854—National emigration convention meets in Cleveland.

1869—Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron.

1891—Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.

1909—Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal.

1919—Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning.

1932—1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart.

1945—Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strikes out 12.

1956—1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived in Washington, DC.

1961—Windward Islands’ Airways International (Winair) forms.

1980—Beth Daniel wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic.

1983—Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745.

1989—Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling.

1992—Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die.

1995—Windows 95 debuts.

1997—Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273.

2011—Tim Cook succeeds Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, Inc., due to Jobs illness.

2012—A US jury in California finds that Samsung is guilty of patent infringement and awards over US $1 billion in damages to Apple.

2014—Nurse William Pooley flies back to the UK for emergency treatment after contracting Ebola virus after attempting to treat patients in Sierra Leone.

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