03/28/2024
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This Day In History1792 – US postal service created, postage 6 cents – 12 cents depending on distance.

1809 – US Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state.

1839 – Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia.

1872 – Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags.

1872 – Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine.

1915 – Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in San Francisco.

1927 – Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath.

1940 – Larry Clinton & his orchestra record “Limehouse Blues”

1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.

1944 – World War II: The “Big Week” began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.

1953 – US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling.

1958 – Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000 winner.

1962 – John Glenn become 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7.

1963 – Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract.

1972 – 14th Daytona 500: A.J. Foyt wins (161.55 MPH)

1987 – Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City.

1987 – David Hartman quits ABC’s “Good Morning America” after 11 years.

1992 – Ross Perot says he’ll run for President on Larry King Show.

2001 – The United States Supreme Court declines to consider an appeal by five major oil companies against Unocal’s patent on production of cleaner “reformulated” gasoline sold in California.

2016 – Jeb Bush suspends his presidential campaign.

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