03/28/2024
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1492 – Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name “Juana”

1793 – Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin.

1886 – Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City.

1904 – St Louis police try a new investigation method – fingerprints.

1913 – “Krazy Kat” comic strip by George Herriman debuts in NY Journal.

1922 – First US coast to coast radio broadcast of a football game.

1936 – FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.

1943 – German submarine U-220 sunk by US aircraft in the Atlantic.

1954 – Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemingway.

1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: US President JFK receives letter from Soviet Leader Khrushchev suggesting agreement.

1973 – Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)

1986 – The centennial of the Statue of Liberty’s dedication is celebrated in New York Harbor.

1988 – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University of Washington library.

1995 – Baseball World Series; Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians, 1-0 in Game 6 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to win their 3rd title; MVP: Braves starter Tom Glavine.

2005 – Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-President dick Cheney’s chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.

2012 – American Serena Williams wins her 3rd season ending tennis title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-4, 6-3, in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey.

2015 – World Health Organization ranks Tuberculosis alongside HIV as world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing 1.2 million (2014)

2020 – Global COVID-19 cases record one-day increase of more than 500,000 for the first time, rising 25% in under two weeks according to Reuters.

2021 – Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta amid increased public scrutiny over leaked internet documents.

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