03/28/2024
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1867 – D.R. Averill of Ohio patents ready mixed paint.

1902 – John McGraw officially becomes manager of Major League Baseball’s New York Giants, 30 year tenure begins (1902-32)

1912 – Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patented by B.A. Fiske.

1926 – National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos.

1935 – First automatic parking meter in the United States is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1936 – 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY.

1941 – 100 degrees F – Highest temperature ever recorded in Seattle, Washington.

1941 – Joe DiMaggio goes 3-for-4, hitting in his 56th straight game.

1951 – Novel “Catcher in Rye” by J.D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company.

1956 – Last Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent.

1957 – Marine Major John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (3:28:08)

1966 – “Half a Sixpence” closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City after 512 performances.

1969 – Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on the Moon.

1980 – Ronald Reagan nominated for President by Republicans in Detroit.

1988 – Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 meters in 9.78 seconds.

1990 – Ukraine declares independence.

1999 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.

2004 – Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators.

2015 – Shootings in Chattanooga at a US military recruitment center and a naval reserve training center kill 5 and injure others.

2018 –  President Donald Trump appears to accept the word of Russian President Vladimir Putin over US intelligence services about Russian meddling in the 2016 US election in an interview after the two leader’s Helsinki Summit.

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