03/29/2024
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This Day In History1865 – Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die

1868 – Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit.

1993 – Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system.

1900 – US gains control over Tutuila in Samoa and several smaller Pacific islands.

1936 – 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah, Florida.

1943 – 1st US air raid on Ambon.

1951 – World’s largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville, Texas, to 134th St. New York City)

1952 – US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary.

1954 – “South Pacific” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1928 performances.

1963 – Tennessee Williams’ “Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” premieres.

1964 – “Hello, Dolly!” opens at St James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances.

1965 – The Searchers’ “Love Potion Number 9” peaks at #3.

1973 – NBC presents 440th & final showing of “Bonanza”

1978 – 5th American Music Awards: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & Conway Twitty.

1985 – “Playboy” announces end of stapling centerfolds.

1991 – 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards – Days of Our Lives wins.

2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American war.

2002 – UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and freezes assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the members of the Taliban.

2005 – 62nd Golden Globes: The Aviator, Leonardo DiCaprio, & Hilary Swank win.

2016 – First ever flower grown in space – a zinnia aboard the International Space Station using NASA Veggie system.

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