03/29/2024
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This Day In History1787—Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began debate.
1861—US Congress passes First Confiscation Act.
1890—Denton True “Cy” Young pitches and wins 1st major league baseball game.
1914—Denis Patrick Dowd, Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War 1.
1919—1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)
1930—Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC.
1939—1st broadcast of “Dinah Shore Show” on NBC-radio.
1952—Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout.
1961—1st case of motion sickness in space reported.
1966—US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam.
1973—Roberto Clemente & Warren Spahn inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame.
1978—Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate European Women’s Golf Open.
1985—Major League Baseball Players Association go on strike.
1989—“Oh Calcutta!” closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances.
1991—Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1995—“Damn Yankee” closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 510 performances.
1996—US President Bill Clinton signs a new bill imposing sanctions on non-US companies which invest over $40 million a year in the energy sectors of Iran or Libya.
1997—Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer, Inc.
2011—A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.
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