03/29/2024
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This Day In History1794 – First session of US Senate open to the public.

1809 – Robert Fulton patents steamboat.

1812 – Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signs a redistricting bill – first “gerrymander”

1861 – US President-elect Abraham Lincoln takes train from Springfield IL to Washington, D.C.

1895 – Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C.

1916 – Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert.

1922 – “April Showers” by Al Jolson hits #1.

1932 – 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February.

1942 – “Archie” comic books debuts.

1945 – 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA.

1949 – “Lovesick Blues” single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox “Best Hillbilly Record of the Year”, Billboard Song of the Year 1949)

1950 – “Rag Mop” by the Ames Brothers hits #1.

1962 – Beatles record “Please, Please Me”

1968 – Madison Square Garden III closes Madison Square Garden IV opens (NYC)

1974 – Henry Kissinger unveils Nixon Administration’s seven-point “Project Independence” plan to make the U.S. energy independent.

1979 – 43 million watch “Elvis!” on ABC.

1988 – Anthony Kennedy appointed to US Supreme Court.

1995 – Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands.

2007 – 49th Grammy Awards: Not Ready to Make Nice, Carrie Underwood wins.

2016 – Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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