03/28/2024
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By: Robert G. Hester
1639—Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill.
1844—Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London.
1850—Levi Strauss makes his 1st pair of blue jeans.
1861—Lincoln’s cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers.
1882—Electric Iron patented by Henry W. Seeley, NYC.
1900—US Congress pas an act authorizing a civil code and government for the territory of Alaska after gold discoveries bring lawlessness and disorder to the area.
1913—Rabbit Maranville, is thrown out trying to steal home 3 times.
1931—“There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time? by Guy Lombardo hits #1.
1932—US Federal gas tax enacted.
1933—1st drive-in theater opens (Camden NJ)
1933—US Employment Service created.
1934—Securities & Exchange Commission established.
1944—Operation Neptune, D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Nommandy, France in WWII
1946—Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV.
1955—Bill Haley & Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock” hits #1.
1965—Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
1968—Senator Robert Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night.
1971—“Ed Sullivan Show” last broadcast on CBS-TV.
1983—17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins & Roy Acuff.
1991—NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992.
1998—130th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Victory Gallop wins in 2:29.
2005—The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.

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