03/28/2024
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This Day In History1682 – William Penn founds Philadelphia, US.

1812 – War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.

1822 – Part of US-Canadian boundary determined.

1873 – Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for voting for President.

1898 – 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, NJ.

1912 – The Chicago national Republican Convention splits between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt; after Taft is nominated, Roosevelt and progressive elements of the Party form the Progressive Party (also known as the ‘Bull Moose Party’)

1934 – US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized.

1942 – Bernard W. Robinson becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy.

1948 – National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time.

1959 – 1st telecast transmitted from England to US.

1959 – Governor of Louisiana Earl K. King is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital’s director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.

1961 – CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke.

1972 – 72nd US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 290 at Pebble Beach California.

1973 – NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participates.

1977 – Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug-out altercation.

1981 – Kimberley Ann Smith, on NC, 17, crowned America’s Junior Miss.

1983 – 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman.

1990 – 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin.

1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.

2006 – 106th US Golf Open: Geoff Ogilvy shoots a 285 at Winged Foot CC NY.

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