03/29/2024
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This Day In History1798 – Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the US Navy.

1822 – Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth.

1861 – Confederate currency authorized – $50, $100, $500, $1,000.

1862 – USS Monitor and CSS Merrimack battle in Hampton Roads.

1907 – 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana.

1914 – US Senator Albert Fall (Teapot Dome) demands “Cubanisation of Mexico”

1926 – Bertha Landes elected 1st woman mayor of Seattle.

1933 – US Congress is called into special session by FDR, beginning its “100 days”

1950 – Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC.

1954 – Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy.

1959 – Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.

1964 – 1st Ford Mustang produced.

1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.

1986 – NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts.

1987 – Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion.

1989 – Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy.

1996 – NASA space shuttle STS-75 (Columbia 19) lands.

2007 – The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.

2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.

2015 – US President Barack Obama signs an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the US.

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