03/18/2024
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This Day In History1784 – Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America’s symbol.

1802 – Congress passes an act calling for a US Capitol library.

1870 – U.S. Congress authorizes Virginia to rejoin the union.

1871 – U.S. income tax repealed.

1907 – 1st U.S. federal corrupt election practices law passed.

1911 – Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego.

1918 – Herbert Hoover, U.S. Food Administrator, calls for “wheatless” & “meatless” days for war effort.

1920 – Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.

1931 – “Cimarron” directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne premieres in New York, 1st western to win Best Outstanding Production/Picture (1931)

1939 – Filming begins on “Gone With the Wind”

1948 – Executive Order 9981 ending racial segregation in U.S. Armed Forces signed.

1951 – Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

1960 – High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points.

1961 – “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” by Elvis Presley hits #1.

1963 – “Milk & Honey” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 543 performances.

1979 – “The Dukes of Hazzard” premieres on US TV network CBS.

1989 – AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 Billion in 1988.

1998 – Intel launches 333 MHz Pentium II chip.

2005 – Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.

2006 – Western Union discontinues its telegram service.

2016 – Leader of Oregon militia occupying Malheur wildlife refuge arrested and another killed in shoot-out with Federal agents.

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