03/28/2024
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This Day In History1860 – Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President.

1869 – 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)

1900 – Republican US President William McKinley and his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, defeat Democrat William Jennings Bryan.

1917 – New York adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections.

1928 – Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds.

1928 – Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor.

1936 – RCA displays TV for press.

1941 – USA lends Soviet Union $1 million.

1947 – NBC’s “Meet the Press” debuts – US’s longest running TV show.

1957 – “Rumple” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 45 performances.

1962 – Edward M Kennedy 1st elected (Sen-D-Mass)

1966 – 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)

1967 – US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov. 9.

1975 – “Hello Dolly” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 51 performances.

1981 – Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award.

1986 – President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill.

1995 – Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore.

2012 – 5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California.

2012 – Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts.

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