03/28/2024
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This Day In History1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1791 – John Fitch granted US patent for his working steamboat.
1873 – First free kindergarten in the US started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.
1895 – Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam.
1907 – Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds.
1929 – First US roller coaster built.
1935 – CCC camp opens in Brecksville Reservation of Cleveland Metro-parks.
1939 – 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS, NY)
1945 – Japanese diplomats board USS Missouri to receive instructions on Japan’s surrender at the end of WWII.
1952 – Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.
1956 – Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from Kansas City.
1964 – LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, NJ.
1971 – NY Giant football team announces they’re moving Bronx for NJ in 1975.
1971 – Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth one million dollars, the first million dollar contract in NHL history.
1982 – NASA launches Telesat-F.
1989 – Trumbull, Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League World Series.
1991 – KC Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0.
1996 – President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy.
2011 – The 787 Dreamliner, Boeing’s all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
2015 – WDBJ TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward are fatally shot live on TV by and ex-colleague in Moneta, Virginia.

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