03/19/2024
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This Day In History1691 – Yorktown, Virginia founded.

1780 – British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, South Carolina.

1858 – Britain’s Queen Victoria telegraphs US President James Buchanan.

1891 – President Benjamin Harrison attends the dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, Vermont.

1904 – NYC begins building Grand Central Station.

1927 – 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park, Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)

1934 – US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915)

1947 – Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pittsburgh Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs.

1954 – “Sports Illustrated” magazine begins publishing.

1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 84,700 feet.

1962 – Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles’ drummer.

1969 – First performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Auditorium Theater, Chicago)

1969 – Second Day of the Woodstock Festival in NY.

1976 – PGA Championship, Congressional CC: Dave Stockton wins 2nd PGA Championship in a Monday bad weather finish; by 1 stroke over Ray Floyd & Don January.

1984 – LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z DeLorean on cocaine charges.

1985 – CBS’ premiere of its TV adaptation of “Death of A Salesman”, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Malkovich.

1987 – Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 survives)

1991 – US President George H.W. Bush declares recession is near an end.

2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 7th of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 100m butterfly in Olympic record 50.58; beats Milorad Cavic of Serbia by 0.01.

2016 – Wildfire breaks out in Bernardino County, California, engulfing 15,000 acres, prompting evacuation of 82,000 people.

2017 – Baltimore city council removes confederate statues under cover of darkness in response to Charlottesville violence.

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