03/28/2024
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This Day In History1758 – New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation.

1831 – Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer.

1854 – Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)

1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.

1889 – 1st American International professional lawn tennis contest (Newport, RI)

1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.

1904 – 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis, the 1st held in the US.

1916 – Congress creates US Naval Reserve.

1925 – After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice, Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him.

1929 – Aviator Anne Morrow Lindberg makes her first solo flight.

1944 – 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees.

1950 – International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany & Japan in 1952.

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