03/18/2024
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This Day In History1547 – 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England.

1754 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the work serendipity.

1855 – The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.

1864 – Battle of New Bern, NC.

1878 – 1st telephone exchange (New Haven, CT)

1887 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, being 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.

1915 – 1st US ship lost in WW I, William P. Frye (carrying wheat to UK)

1922 – J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL.

1932 – 1st US state employment insurance act enacted (Wisconsin)

1942 – WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message “Sighted sub sank same”

1953 – J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC’s “Today Show”

1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show)

1958 – Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck.

1969 – 1969 NFL Draft: O.J. Simpson from USC first pick of Buffalo Bills.

1980 – 37th Golden Globes: Kramer vs. Kramer, Dustin Hoffman & Sally Field win.

1985 – Charity single “We Are the World” is recorded by supergroup USA for Africa (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and other pop stars.

1990 – Super Bowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans. Super Bowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB.

1996 – “Hello Dolly!” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 118 performances.

2007 – 95th Women’s Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova (6-1,6-2)

2016 – Seventh Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by Fox, held in Des Moines, Iowa.

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