03/29/2024
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This Day In History1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.

1714 – Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)

1784 – 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia.

1890 – African American inventor William Purvis receives a patent for the fountain pen.

1896 – Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook, “The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book”

1904 – Marconi Co establishes “CQD” as 1st international radio distress signal.

1911 – 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco.

1927 – Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York & London.

1929 – “Tarzan”, one of the 1sts adventure comic strips, 1st appears.

1934 – “Flash Gordon” comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts.

1944 – US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.

1948 – US President Harry Truman raises taxes for the Marshall Plan.

1950 – Hank Snow’s 1st appearance on “Grand Ole Opry”

1959 – US recognizes Fidel Castro’s Cuban government.

1963 – 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents.

1959 – US Congress doubles presidents salary.

1980 – American President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation to bail out the Chrysler Corporation with a $1.5 billion loan.

1992 – AT&T releases video-telephone ($1,499)

1998 – Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton.

1999 – Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate.

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