03/28/2024
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This Day In History1755 – Transylvania Land Company buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief.

 

1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in NYC at the Crown & Thistle Tavern.

 

1845 – Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour.

 

1868 – Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued.

 

1898 – John Philip Holland achieves successful test runs of the first modern submarine off Staten Island.

 

1926 – Richard Rogers & L Hart’s musical “Girl Friend” premieres in NYC.

 

1929 – General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel.

 

1943 – Physician William J. Kolff performs the world’s first ‘hemodialysis’ using his artificial kidney machine, however the treatment is unsuccessful and the patient dies, the Netherlands.

 

1956 – 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball win.

 

1961 – NY DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.

 

1963 – Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game.

 

1987 – IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.

 

1988 – Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115.

 

1991 – New Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70%.

 

1993 – 19th People’s Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Candice Bergen win (TV).

 

1995 – US approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co.

 

1996 – “Bus Stop” closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 29 performances.

 

2001 – OPEC decides to cut output by 4% or 1 million barrels per day, effective April 1.

 

2008 – New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute. David Peterson becomes acting New York State governor.

 

2013 – 60th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Miami beats North Carolina, 87-77.

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