03/28/2024
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This Day In History1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.

1777 – General George Washington’s revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, NJ.

1823 – Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.

1871 – Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY.

1888 – 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington, D.C.

1899 – The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times.

1918 – US Employment Service opens as a unit of the Department of Labor.

1929 – 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS president.

1938 – March of Dimes established to fight polio.

1945 – Admiral Chester Nimitz begins planning assaults on Okinawa and Iwo Jima in Japan.

1952 – “Dragnet” with Jack Webb premieres on NBC-TV.

1953 – Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.

1962 – Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome.

1967 – Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion.

1970 – “Mame” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1508 performances.

1973 – George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million.

1977 – Apple Computer, Inc incorporates.

1985 – Mitch McConnell becomes Senator of Kentucky.

1998 – Country singer-comedian Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke.

2004 – After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem gives up the hosting duties of “American Top 40” to Ryan Secrest.

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