03/28/2024
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This Day In History
1731—In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st US library.
1789—Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)
1889—Montana admitted as 41st state of the Union.
1904—Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first US patent for a separable electric attachment plug.
1910—1st Washington State election in which women could vote.
1910—William H. Frost receives the first US patent for an electrical insect destroyer.
1917—Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants.
1926—George Gershwin’s musical “Oh, Kay” premieres in NYC.
1935—“Mutiny on the Bounty” directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable premieres in New York (Best Production/Picture 1936)
1950—1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War.
1951—NY Yankee catcher Yogi Berra wins 1st of 3 MVP awards.
1965—“Days of Our Lives” premieres on TV.
1966—Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California.
1977—Ed Koch is elected Mayor of New York (his first term).
1979—ABC broadcasts “Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage” with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to “Nightline”)
1983—W. Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia.
1988—George W.H. Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for presidency.
1991—Carol Burnette Show premieres on CBS TV.
2013—27th Soul Train Music awards: Miguel, Tamar Braxton win.
2014—US President Obama authorizes deployment of 1500 additional troops to help train and advise Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants.
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