03/29/2024
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This Day In History1667—Earliest recorded hurricane in North America (Jamestown, Virginia)

1859—1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake.

1881—Hurricane hits Florida & Carolinas: about 700 die.

1894—Congress passes Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which includes a graduated income tax later struck down by the Supreme Court.

1897—Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washington Senator pitcher (later Hall of Fame catcher)

1912—Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes “Tarzan of the Apes”

1918—Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army.

1921—J.E. Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise.

1939—Erich Warsitz makes first jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178).

1955—“Guinness Book of World Records” 1st published.

1961—Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on “What’s My Line”

1965—The Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley.

1972—US bombs Haiphong, North Vietnam.

1977—“Chicago” closes at 46th Street Theater NYC after 947 performances.

1986—38th Emmy Awards presentation – Golden Girls and Cagney & Lacey dominate.

1995—95th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods.

2003—Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles distant.

2008—Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States.

2014—Medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) calls the international response to Ebola “irresponsible” and “slow and derisory”

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