03/28/2024
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This Day In History1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London.

1773 – America’s first asylum opens for ‘Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’ in Virginia.

1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York.

1836 – 18″ of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY.

1859 – Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton issues edict abolishing the US Congress.

1892 – US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day.

1900 – The first modern submarine is commissioned by the U.S. Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer John Philip Holland.

1901 – Theodore Roosevelt renames “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”

1915 – Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth automobile at the River Rouge plant in Detroit.

1928 – First use of iron lung (Boston’s Children Hospital)

1933 – Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)

1942 – US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance.

1953 – US & Greece sign peace treaty (US bases)

1960 – JFK & Richard Nixon’s third presidential debate.

1962 – Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least $230 million in damages.

1973 – US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President.

1988 – George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in their second presidential debate.

1991 – Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN.

2000 – American destroyer USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.

2017 – Long-lost bust of Napoleon by Auguste Rodin confirmed found in Madison borough hall, New Jersey, worth at least $4m.

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