03/28/2024
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1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London.

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

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.

1901 – Theodore Roosevelt renames the “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.

1920 – Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC.

1933 – Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)

1942 – US bombs Rabaul, New Britain.

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

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

1968 – IXX Summer Olympic Games open at Mexico City, Mexico; first Olympics in Latin America.

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

1981 – 15th Country Music Association Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones are winners.

1989 – Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.

1991 – Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN.

1999 – The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

2008 – Senior Player Championship Men’s Golf, Baltimore CC: D.A. Weibring wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Funk.

2019 – California is the 1st US state to pass law banning sale and manufacture of new fur products.

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