03/29/2024
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This Day In History1832 – President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US.

1850 – Millard Fillmore sworn in as president of US (replacing Taylor)

1866 – Indelible pencil patented by Edson P. Clark, Northampton, Mass.

1892 – 1st concrete-paved street built (Bellefountaine, Ohio)

1913 – Death Valley, California hits 134 degrees (F), which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.

1917 – Emma Goodman imprisoned for obstructing draft.

1926 – 30th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 293 at Scioto CC in Ohio.

1929 – US issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency.

1938 – Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours.

1949 – 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Ohio.

1950 – “Your Hit Parade” premiers on NBC (later CBS) TV.

1956 – 650,000 US steel workers go on strike.

1965 – Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

1975 – Gladys Knight & Pips Summer Series premieres on NBC-TV.

1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.

1985 – Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke.

1985 – Playboy (and also Penthouse) publish nude pictures of Madonna.

1991 – L’Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13.

1997 – RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads.

2012 – The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages.

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