March 24
Today in America's Present Past
1629 | The first hunting law was passed in the settlements (Virginia).
1725 | Politician Thomas Cushing was born.
1755 | Founder Rufus King was born.
1765 | The British Parliament enacted the Quartering Act.
1829 | Entrepreneur George Francis Train was born.
1832 | Civil Rights: Joseph Smith was tarred and feathered in Ohio.
1841 | Inventor Augustine Sackett was born.
1855 | Entrepreneur (and long term Secretary of the Treasury) Andrew Mellon was born.
1874 | Entertainer Harry Houdini was born.
1892 | Novelist Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died.
1902 | Politician Thomas E. Dewey was born in Owosso, Michigan.
1907 | Aviator Janet Harmon Bragg was born.
1909 | Outlaw Clyde Barrow was born.
1911 | Animator Joseph Barbera was born.
1930 | Actor Steve McQueen was born.
1953 | Comedian Louie Anderson was born.
1955 | The first “oil rig” began operation in the Gulf of America.
1956 | Entrepreneur Steve Ballmer was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1958 | Entertainer Elvis Presley was conscripted into the U.S. Army.
1965 | Wrestler “The Undertaker” was born.
1973 | Actor Jim Parsons was born.
1989 | The Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil.
1999 | The film “The Matrix” debuted.
2008 | Actor Richard Widmark died.
2023 | Engineer Gordon Moore died.