03/29/2024
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1827 – US inventor Joseph Dixon of Salem, Massachusetts, begins manufacturing lead pencils.

1866 – US President Andrew Johnson ends civil war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee & Virginia.

1877 – 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn.

1908 – Mills Committee declares baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War General Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York.

1917 – US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.

1932 – Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for his kidnapped son.

1942 – USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittle B-25 departs from San Francisco.

1954 – Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced.

1968 – “2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.

1973 – CBS radio begins on the hour news, 24 hours a day.

1974 – 46th Academy Awards: “The Sting”, Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win.

1978 – TV soap show “Dallas” starring Larry Hagmen and Barbara Bel Geddes premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)

1978 – Velcro was 1st put on the market.

1984 – 46th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston, 84-75; Hoyas center Patrick Ewing tournament MOP; John Thompson first African-American head coach to lead his team to any NCAA Division 1 title.

1985 –  The NCAA Rules Committee adopts a 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball to begin in the 1986 season in an effort to eliminate stalling.

1992 – Mafia boss John Gotti is found guilty of 5 murders, plus conspiracy to murder, loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion.

2001 – 63rd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Duke beats Arizona, 82-72; Blue Devils’ 3rd title; forward Shane Battier MOP.

2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.

2010 – Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million.

2020 – Record 6.6 million Americans file claims for unemployment in last weeks according to the US Department of Labor, 10 million over 2 weeks.

2020 – Number of COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to John Hopkins University.

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