03/28/2024
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This Day In History1776 – George Washington receives honorary LI.D. degree from Harvard College.

1848 – Thomas Douglas becomes 1st public teacher in San Francisco.

1882 – American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph.

1910 – Highest mountain in North America, Alaska’s Mr. McKinley claimed to have been 1st climbed by 4 local men.

1917 – Alfred Stieglitz opens 1st one-person show of Georgia O’Keeffee’s work at 291 art gallery in New York.

1918 – US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler.

1926 – Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard.

1933 – 1st airplane flight over Mt. Everest.

1944 – US Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) “white primaries” unconstitutional.

1948 – US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)

1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s book ‘Howl’ against obscenity charges.

1966 – Tom Seaver signs with Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus.

1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of “Vietnamization”, reducing American involvement.

1973 – The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.

1979 – Jane M. Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago, Illinois.

1986 – US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000.

1989 – NY Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stadium.

1991 – UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution.

2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination.

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