03/28/2024
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This Day In History1752 – Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.

1799 – Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)

1807 – Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.

1862 – Federal tax levied on tobacco.

1878 – 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)

1902 – Tinker, Evers & Chance appear together for 1st time.

1914 – The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

1942 – US Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans.

1953 – 101 degrees F, highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in September.

1954 – “Rear Window”, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, is released.

1962 – United Nations announces Earth’s population has hit 3 billion.

1972 – Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSAR) for world chess title.

1975 – TV show Gunsmoke goes off the air.

1975 – NY Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons.

1977 – 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold.

1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

1989 – “Anything Goes” closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 804 performances.

1997 – Jerry Lewis’ 32nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,500,000.

2015 – Pope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have had an abortion, in a letter released by the Vatican.

2015 – Google changes its logo, biggest redesign since 1999.

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