03/29/2024
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1774—1st Continental Congress assembles at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1795—USA and Algiers sign peace treaty.
1836—Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas..
1877—Southern blacks led by Pap Singleton settle in Kansas.
1882—10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC.
1885—1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind)
1901—National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms.
1910—Jack Coombs begins a record streak of 53 shutout innings.
1918—Due to WW I, 15th World Series begins a month early.
1925—29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones.
1946—Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game.
1953—1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, NC.
1958—1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, NC.
1960—Cassius Clay wins Olympic light heavyweight gold medal.
1960—A.J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Ju Quoin, Ill. State Fairgrounds.
1961—President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
1976—“Very Good Eddie” closes at Booth Theater NYC after 307 performances.
1986—NASA launches DOD 1.
1993—“Will Rogers Follies” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 983 performances.
2014—World Health Organization estimates 1,900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
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