Friday, March 28, 2014

History for March 28

History for March 28 - On-This-Day.com:
In 1881, P.T. Barnum and James Bailey merged their circuses to form the “Greatest Show on Earth.”


Happy Birthday! Reba McEntire, Vince Vaughn, Dianne Wiest


1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts

1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine. 


1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring war on Russia. 


1865 - Outdoor advertising legislation was enacted in New York. The law banned "painting on stones, rocks and trees." 


1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S. 













1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act. 


1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded. 


1930 - Constantinople and Angora changed their names to Istanbul and Ankara respectively. 


1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools. 


1945 - Germany launched the last of the V-2 rockets against England. 


1968 - the rock musical Hair opened on Broadway.

1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and suffered a partial meltdown. 


1984 - the Baltimore Colts moved--in the middle of the night--to Indianapolis, IN.


1986 - The U.S. Senate passed $100 million aid package for the Nicaraguan contras. 


1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST. 


1990 - Jesse Owens received the Congressional Gold Medal from U.S. President George H.W. Bush


2010 - China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. signed a deal to buy Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit.


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