This Day in History......

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March 26, 1872
An earthquake felt from Mexico to Oregon rocks the Owens Valley in California on this day in 1872, killing 30 people.

California, with the large San Andreas Fault running through the entire state, is a prime area for earthquakes. At 2:30 a.m. on March 26, a large quake hit Inyo County in the Owens Valley of central California. Worst-hit was Lone Pine, where 52 of the town’s 59 homes were destroyed, killing 27 people as they slept. The ground moved a full seven feet horizontally in some places near Lone Pine. Major buildings in every town in Inyo were also seriously damaged.

 

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March 27, 1912
In Washington, D.C., [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/helen-taft']Helen Taft, wife of President William Taft, and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshina cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River, near the Jefferson Memorial. The event was held in celebration of a gift, by the Japanese government, of 3,020 cherry trees to the U.S. government.[/URL]
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March 28, 1979
At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat.

 

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March 29, 1982
On March 29, 1982, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels win the NCAA men’s basketball championship with a 63-62 defeat of the Georgetown University Hoyas. It was the first title for Carolina coach Dean Smith, who would retire in 1997 as the most successful coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history with 879 career wins. (Bobby Knight broke the record in 2006.)

 

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March 30, 1981
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.

 

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March 30, 1981
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.

Aweful day that was , I was in HS
Drivers ed , teacher landed at Anzio , tuff old guy, he was really broken up and made me pull over !

 

[Future]

Aweful day that was , I was in HS
Drivers ed , teacher landed at Anzio , tuff old guy, he was really broken up and made me pull over !

I was home ...sick from school .... remember it very well

 

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I was home ...sick from school .... remember it very well

Playing hooky you whole life?

 

[Future]

Playing hooky you whole life?

I knew I knew I knew that was coming!

 

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I knew I knew I knew that was coming!

Reminded me of the night Lennon was murdered

 

[Future]

Playing hooky you whole life?

 

[Future]

Reminded me of the night Lennon was murdered

What year was that?

 

[MyTripisCut]

What year was that?

1980. I was in Kindergarten.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

1980. I was in Kindergarten.

For the 5th time?

 

[MyTripisCut]

For the 5th time?

Never could cut with scissors well.

 

[Future]

1980. I was in Kindergarten.

I was in Hs ...lol

 

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March 31, 1889
On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.

 

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March 31 1997 into April 1
We got 27” of heavy wet snow in New England,, was a brutal storm

 

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April 1, 1700
On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other.

 

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On this day in 0032 Jesus Christ rose from the dead , the greatest come back of all time , until
The RedSox took the Yankees 4 in a row in 2004 !