03/28/2024
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This Day In History1664 – New Jersey becomes an English colony.

1775 – 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine.

1850 – 1st US $20 gold piece issued.

1868 – US Congress abolishes manufacturer’s tax.

1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

1912 – Girl Guides (Girl Scouts) forms in Savannah, by Juliette Gordon Low.

1933 – FDR conducts his 1st “fireside chat”

1945 – NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment.

1956 – Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24).

1959 – US House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood.

1964 – 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Streisand wins 2.

1970 – US lowers voting age from 21 to 18.

1980 – Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago.

1985 – Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points.

1990 – LA Raiders announce their return to Oakland.

1991 – 5th Soul Train Music Awards: Johnny Gill, Mariah Carey win.

1995 – 42nd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #7 Wake Forest beats #4 North Carolina, 82-80 (OT).

2012 – China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade.

2014 – 8 people are killed, 70 injured, & 2 buildings are leveled by a gas explosion in East Harlem, New York.

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