03/28/2024
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This Day In History1633 – Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its first government.

1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.

1886 –  Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Noble Bachelor” (BG).

1896 – Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks.

1927 – “The Second Hundred Years” silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy – 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team.

1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son.

1942 – Comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show.

1944 – “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” debut on CBS radio.

1945 – Microwave oven patented.

1951 – “Music in the Air” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances.

1957 – Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles.

1971 – John Lennon releases his megahit “Imagine”

1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.

1979 – 13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins.

1981 – US President Ronald Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat’s funeral.

1988 – Fire in Seattle’s Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage.

1990 – US doctors Joseph E. Murray & E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize.

1995 – Dolphin’s Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton’s NFL career completions record.

2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2015 – Actress and singer Selena Gomez reveals she has Lupus.

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