03/29/2024
Spread the love
This Day In History1729—City of Baltimore founded.
1739—Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ
1844—1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club.
1898—Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes.
1909—John A Heyder becomes president of baseball’s National League.
1928—George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (US)
1930—1st broadcast of “Death Valley Days” on NBC-radio.
1932—10th modern Olympic games open in Los Angeles.
1935—1st Penquin book is published, starting the paperback revolution.
1943—Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney move released (Girl Crazy)
1948—Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (Dumont)
1956—US motto “In God We Trust” authorized.
1965—LBJ signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966.
1969—Barbara Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas.
1975—US Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit: Hoffa was legally declared dead in 1982.
1982—Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats.
1989—Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic.
1990—The first Saturn automobile rolls of the assembly line.
1996—Tommy Lasorda retires as LA Dodger manager.
2003—The last ‘old style’ Volkswagon Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Mexico.
Share this article using the shortlink: https://bladencounty.org/?p=21041

About Author