03/29/2024
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This Day In History

1775 – Portland, Maine burned by British.

1829 – Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston)

1861 – Confederacy starts selling postage stamps.

1869 – Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing.

1900 – Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty, agreeing to maintain territorial integrity of China and support ‘open door’ policy called for by US Secretary of State.

1913 – Booth Theater opens at 222 W 44th St. NYC.

1923 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded.

1943 – Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly Opens city’s new subway system.

1948 – “Red Mill” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 831 performances.

1949 – 1st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Red Byron wins.

1962 – Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba.

1972 – Rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival break up.

1982 – Shultz warns US will withdraw from UN if they vote to exclude Israel.

1985 – Intel introduces 32-bit 80386 microcomputer chip.

1986 – US government shuts down due to disputes between President Reagan and the House.

1987 – 338,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)

1995 – Million Man March held in Washington, D.C. (over 830,000 African American men attend)

2001 – The US Coast Guard lifts a ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers entering Boston Harbor to make deliveries to Distrigas’ Everett LNG terminal that had been imposed on September 26 in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11.

2013 – The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a bi-partisan deal in the Senate.

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