03/28/2024
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This Day In History1586—Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia.
1789—US Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs (State Department)
1837—US Mint open in Charlotte, NC.
1844—Fire destroys US mint in Charlotte, NC.
1866—Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)
1888—Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile.
1909—Orville Wright tests 1st US Army airplane, flying 1 hour, 12 minutes & 40 seconds.
1918—Socony 200, 1st concrete barge in US, launched to carry oil, NY.
1920—Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation.
1931—Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebraska & South Dakota destroyed thousands of acres of crops.
1940—Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts.
1940—Bugs Bunny debuts in “Wild Hare”
1947—Yogi Berra, NY Yankee catcher, starts record 148 game errorless streak.
1960—US Vice-President Richard Nixon nominated for presidential candidate at Republican convention in Chicago.
1965—President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking.
1974—House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment.
1983—Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan & Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal.
1988—Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer.
1991—TV Guide publishes its 2000th edition.
1997—Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser’s  #16.
2012—2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony occurs.
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