03/28/2024
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This Day In History

1621 – Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony.

1691 – Thomas Neale granted English patent for American postal service.

1801 – US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie, chooses Thomas Jefferson President over Aaron Burr.

1817 – 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)

1865 – Columbia, SC, burns down during Civil War.

1878 – 1st telephone exchange in San Francisco opens with 18 phones.

1913 – 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)

1931 – 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)

1933 – 1st issue of  “Newsweek” magazine published.

1943 – NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio enlists into the US army.

1955 – Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257.

1962 – Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit “Surfin”

1964 – US Supreme Court rules – 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs. Sanders)

1969 – Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released.

1970 – US army officer Jeffrey McDonald murders his pregnant wife & two small daughters.

1981 – Chrysler Corp. reports largest corporate losses in US history.

1991 – 33rd Daytona 500: Ernie Irvan wins (148.148 MPH).

2014 – The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on NBC.

2014 – US Secretary of State John Kerry claims climate change requires urgent action and that only a small “window of time” remained open.

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