03/28/2024
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1912 – Progressive (Bull Moose) Party nominated Theodore Roosevelt for US President.

1915 – Dario Resta, driving a Peugeot, wins the first Champ Car race ever to average over 100 mph in a 100 mile race in Chicago, average speed 101.8 mph.

1927 – Peace Bridge between United States and Canada dedicated.

1934 – US Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government’s attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel “Ulysses”

1939 – Millionaire Howard Hughes is presented with a Congressional Gold Medal.

1942 – 1st American offensive in the Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Island.

1953 – Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet.

1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, begins selling its first transistor radios in Japan.

1956 – 51-year-old Satchel Paige (Miami Marlins) wins a game before the largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000 at Miami’s Orange Bowl; International League: Marlins 6-2 against the Columbus Jets.

1957 – Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

1960 – Arnold Palmer’s 20th PGA tour win; rallies from a 5-stroke deficit to enter a playoff, then beats Jack Fleck and Bill Collins to win the Insurance City Open.

1964 – Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution granting President Lyndon Johnson authority to assist any Southeast Asian facing “communist aggression”, he uses it to openly bring the US into the Vietnam conflict.

1970 – Shootout at Marin Courthouse in San Rafael, California kills 4, including the presiding judge.

1978 – Thousands of mourners file past the body of Pope Paul VI.

1989 – Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.

1992 – The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O’Neal.

2004 – Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux enters the history books with his 300th career win in Chicago’s 8-4 triumph against San Francisco at SBC Park.

2010 – Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith, John Randle, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little & Dick LeBeau are inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

2016 – Jim Furyk fires 12-under-par 58 in final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC at River Highlands, Cromwell, Connecticut, becoming 1st player to shoot 58 in a PGA Tour event and 1st PGA Tour pro to card 2 sub-60 rounds.

2022 – Senate passes sweeping Inflation Reduction Act, an economic package designed to combat climate change, addresses health care costs, and tax large corporations.

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