03/28/2024
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This Day In History1807—Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat.

1833—1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)

1864—Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama.

1882—1st large-scale test of Thomas Edison’s light bulb–lighting of NY’s Pearl Street Station.

1885—1st cafeteria opens (NYC)

1888—George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers “Kodak”

1893—English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5 year old boy.

1918—US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay for 10 months.

1927—Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour.

1933—1st airplane to exceed 300 mph, JR Wendell, Glenview, Illinois.

1941—US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652.

1950—First helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines.

1950—Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500 mile NASCAR race.

1953—NY Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championships.

1957—Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel.

1965—Beatles’ single “Help!” goes #1 stays #1 for 3 weeks.

1977—“Godspell” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances.

1981—Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC.

1992—“Sacred Silent” is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously, (CBS, NBC, & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah.

1998—Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.

2012—Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by warning them after detecting unusual footsteps is developed.

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