03/28/2024
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1This Day In History788—1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet.

1790—Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
1840—Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated.
1861—Texas secedes from the Union (US Civil War)
1862—Julia Howe publishes “Battle Hymn of Republic”
1865—General Sherman’s march through South Carolina begins.
1867—Bricklayers start working 8-hour days.
1887—Harvey Wilcox of Kansas subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California and starts selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
1893—Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange, NJ)
1906—1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas.
1914—NY Giants & Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt.
1920—1st commercial armored car introduced (St. Paul, Minn)
1949—RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
1954—1st TV soap “Secret Storm” premieres.
1964—Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” 1st #1 hit, stays #1 for 7 weeks.
1965—Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Ala.
1965—Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC’s nightly news.
1968—Former US VP Richard Nixon announces candidacy for president.
1968—Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers.
1976—Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce.
1979—Patricia Hearst is released from a SF prison for bank robbery.
1982—“Late Night with David Letterman” debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest.
1991—US Air & Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32.
2004—Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
2014—Ray Guy becomes the first pure NFL punter to be inducted in the hall of fame.

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