03/29/2024
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This Day In HistoryBy: Robert Hester
1621—Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony.
 
1691—Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service.
 
1801—US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie, chooses Thomas Jefferson President over Burr.
 
1817—1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore)
 
1865—Columbia, SC burns down during Civil War.
 
1870—Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge.
 
1870—Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War.
 
1876—Sardines 1st canned (Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine)
 
1878—1st telephone exchange in San Francisco opens with 18 phones.
 
1913—1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
 
1924—Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
 
1932—Irving Berlin’s musical “Face the Music,” premieres in NYC.
 
1938—1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
 
1943—NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio, enlist into the US Army.
 
1947—Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR.
 
1950—31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, NY.
 
1955—Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257.
 
1957—Suez Canal reopens.
 
1958—Comic strip “BC” 1st appears.
 
1959—1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2,9.8 kg.
 
1962—Beach Boys introduce a new musical style with their hit “Surfin”
 
1964—US House of Representatives accept Law on the civil rights.
 
1969—Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album: it was never released.
 
1970—Jeffrey McDonald slices up his pregnant wife and two small daughters.
 
1972—Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model T.
 
1974—Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
 
1980—Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH)
 
1981—Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history.
 
1983—1st class postage rises from 20 cents to 22 cents.
 
1986—Johnson & Johnson announces it will no longer sell capsule drugs.
 
1991—US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
 
1995—Federal judge allows lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked.
 
2014—The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on NBC.

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