03/29/2024
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This Day In History1629—Cambridge Agreement, Massachusetts Bay Company stockholders agree to emigrate.

1748—The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1791—John Fitch granted US patent for his working steamboat.

1843—Charles Thurber patents a typewriter.

1858—First news dispatch by telegraph.

1873—First free kindergarten in the U.S. started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis,

1903—Phillies walk 17 Dodgers in a game.

1907—Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds.

1912—Walter Johnson’s 16-game winning streak ends.

1929—First US roller coaster built.

1937—Pumping to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay is finished.

1939—1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS NY)

1947—1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)

1959—British Motor Corporation introduced the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis it was only 10 feet long but seated 4 passengers.

1971—NY Giant football team announces they’re leaving Bronx for New Jersey in 1975.

1973—University of Texas (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing.

1996—President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy.

2003—The Columbia Accident Investigation Board releases its final report on Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

2011—The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.

2014—Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry informs the WHO of an outbreak of Ebola; later confirmed as a different strain to that affecting West Africa.

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