03/28/2024
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This Day In History1732 – 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York.

1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1865 – 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery.

1877 – Thomas Edison records himself reciting “Mary had a little lamb”

1877 – Washington Post publishes 1st edition.

1922 – 1st electric power line commercial carrier in US, Utica, NY.

1941 – NYC Council agrees to build Idlewild (Kennedy) Airport in Queens.

1953 – Brown’s Lou “Toe” Groza kicks 8 PATS, beating Giants 62-14.

1957 – 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up.

1962 – US abandons Skybolt ballistic missile program.

1964 – “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” 1st airs on TV.

1971 – Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as US Supreme Court justice.

1973 – Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro Agnew who resigned over corruption allegations.

1988 – STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission.

1990 – Shoeless Joe Jackson’s signature is sold for $23,100.

1994 – Orange County California files for bankruptcy.

1994 – Warner Brothers announces a 5th TV network to begin on January 11, 1995.

2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

2017 – Starbucks opens its largest café in the world in Shanghai, 30,000 square-feet, 1/2 size of a football field.

2017 – Time Magazine names their Person of the Year “The Silence Breakers’, people who came forward to report sexual misconduct.

2017 – US President Donald Trump officially recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, announcing plans to move US embassy there.

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