03/29/2024
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This Day In History1513 – Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida.

1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime.

1800 – 1st performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 1st Symphony in C.

1819 – 1st successful agricultural journal (American Farmer) begins.

1827 – Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils.

1865 – US Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.

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

1908 – Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday.

1921 – Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new “Theory of Relativity”

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

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

1954 – Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced.

1956 – Soap operas “As the World Turns” & Edge of Night” premiere on TV.

1969 – Milwaukee Bucks sign (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Lew Alcindor)

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

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

1980 – Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season.

1986 – George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans.

1990 – 52nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73.

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

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