03/29/2024
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This Day In History1778 – 1st American military court martial trial begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1809 – 1st US geology book published by William Maclure.

1887 – US Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor.

1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.

1930 – 1st radio broadcast of “Lone Ranger” (WXYZ-Detroit)

1937 – 1st US Presidential Inauguration day held on January 20, (previously March 4th).

1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President.

1950 – “Dance Me a Song” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances.

1957 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.

1961 – JF Kennedy (D) is inaugurated as President of the United States, the youngest ever sworn in.

1965 – The Byrds record “Mr. Tambourine Man”.

1969 – Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as US President.

1972 – Six oil exporting countries conclude meetings with Western oil companies; an agreement is reached to raise the price of crude.

1978 – Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie right to “Annie”.

1980 – President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow.

1986 – 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

1991 – US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles.

1998 – “Dawson’s Creek” created by Kevin Williamson, starring James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson premieres on WB in the US.

2009 – Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States’ first African-American president.

2017 – Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America and Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President.

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