03/29/2024
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1878 – Edison Electric Light Company incorporated.

1895 – Henry Perky patents a machine he developed with William Ford for the preparation of cereals for food, otherwise known as shredded wheat.

1912 – Boston Red Sox’ Tris Speaker makes only World Series unassisted double play from the outfield.

1924 – President Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument.

1933 – 20th Amendment to the Constitution goes into effect: Presidential term begins in January not March.

1939 – LaGuardia Airport opens in New York City.

1945 – Baseball attendance hits record 10.28 million (Detroit Tigers’ 1.28 million is highest)

1951 – “I Love Lucy”, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS.

1954 – Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in United States and Canada.

1961 – LPGA Championship Golf, Stardust CC: Mickey Wright convincingly wins her 3rd LPGA title by 9 strokes over Louise Suggs.

1966 – President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill creating the Department of Transportation.

1973 – 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins.

1977 – Arkansas’ Steve Little kicks a record-tying 67 yard field goal.

1983 – Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport.

1989 – Radio and television evangelist Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Boulevard, the first clergyman to be granted a star.

1995 – Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating the New York Jets 26-15.

2001 – NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter’s moon Lo.

2007 – Fox Business Network (FBN) is launched.

2017 – 60 Minutes and The Washington Post publish a story detailing how Congress passed a bill sponsored by Tom Marino that hindered the fight against the opioid crisis.

2018 – Retailer Sears files for bankruptcy.

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