03/29/2024
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1833 – Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200.

1921 – FDR stricken with a paralytic illness at summer home on Canadian island of Campobello. At the time it was thought to be polio, but could possibly have been Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

1932 – A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

1934 – Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full-time player.

1948 – Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera” TV debut on ABC.

1949 – US National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense.

1960 – Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space.

1960 – Los Angeles premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leight.

1966 – NASA launches Lunar Orbiter 1 to the Moon to photograph the lunar surface

1975 – David Frost purchases exclusive rights to interview Nixon.

1977 – Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being “Son of Sam” 44 caliber killer.

1980 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Oak Hill CC: Jack Nicklaus wins 5th and final PGA Championship by a convincing 7 strokes from Andy Bean.

1985 – Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle song) for $47 million.

1986 – “Me & My Girl” opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 1420 performances.

1993 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn is as a US Supreme Court Justice.

1997 – Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to then record 5 year, $57.5 million deal.

2014 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Vaihalia GC: Rory McIIroy of Northern Ireland wins his second PGA Championship by 1 shot from Phil Mickelson.

2015 – Google announces its restructure as Alphabet, a holding company with Google, YouTube, Android and Chrome as subsidiaries.

2017 – US President Donald Trump declares opioid addiction a national emergency.

2018 – Landmark case against weed killer Roundup, San Francisco court awards groundsman Dewayne Johnson $289 million against Monsanto for giving him terminal cancer.

2020 – Global COVID-19 cases pass 20 million and is accelerating, 1st 10 million took almost 6 months, 2nd 10 million took just 43 days (Reuters)

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