03/28/2024
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This Day In History1846 – Oregon territory divided between US & Britain at 49th parallel.

1861 – US Army abolishes flogging.

1864 – US Civil War Battle of Mobile Bay won by the Union led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”

1891 – World’s 1st traveler’s cheques issued (American Express).

1914 – 1st electric traffic light installed in the USA on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.

1917 – The entire US National Guard is taken into national service, subject to presidential rather than state control.

1924 – Comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray debuts.

1926 – 1st talkie movie “Don Juan” at Warner Theater, NY.

1926 – Houdini stays in a coffin under water for 1 1/2 hours before escaping.

1932 – Clyde Barrow and two associates kill Sheriff C.G. Maxwell and his deputy, Eugene C. Moore, the first time the Barrow gang killed a lawman.

1953 – “From Here to Eternity” based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Best Picture 1954).

1957 – “American Bandstand” premieres on network TV (ABC).

1964 – US begins bombing North Vietnam.

1967 – Bobby Gentry releases her only hit “Ode to Billy Joe”.

1975 – Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown.

1985 – Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced.

1992 – 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge.

2011 – NASA launches its Juno space probe from Cape Canaveral to orbit and study Jupiter.

2012 – General Motors signs a record breaking $559 million marketing deal with Manchester United.

2013 – Alex Rodriquez, New York Yankees MLB player, is banned for 211 games for using human growth hormones.

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