03/29/2024
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This Day In History

1817 – John Quincy Adams becomes US Secretary of State.

1851 – City of Des Moines, Iowa incorporated as Fort Des Moines.

1862 – President Lincoln says he will free slaves in all states on January 1.

1905 – 11th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club, Mass.

1911 – Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511.

1920 – Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspire to fix the 1919 World Series.

1922 – US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American women who marries an ‘alien’ will not lose citizenship; neither will women marrying an American automatically become a citizen.

1949 – WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast.

1957 – Western “Maverick” premieres on ABC television starring James Garner.

1964 – “Fiddler on the Roof” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 performances.

1966 – Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game.

1969 – San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs.

1970 – US President Richard Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses.

1971 – OPEC directs members to negotiate price increases to offset the devaluation of the US dollar.

1975 – Second assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco.

1976 – “Charlie’s Angels” starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith debuts.

1985 – First Farm Aid concert held, organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp.

1991 – Harry Gant wins NASCAR Goody’s 500.

2006 – The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.

2015 – Pope Francis is greeted by President Obama and Vice President Biden as he arrives for his 6 day tour of the US.

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