On this Day in History.. 1327 - King Alfonso IV of Aragon is crowned 1749 - English Ohio Trade Company forms the first trading post 1854 - The cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts in earnest 1898 - Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team 1904 - The British newspaper, Daily Mirror, begins publication 1947 - Howard Hughes Spruce Goose built from wood flies for 1st (& last) time 1957 - The first titanium mill is opened in Toronto, Ohio 1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-21, was fixed 1960 - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222 1964 - CBS purchases 80% of New York Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20% 1974 - Art Modell gets snowed in & misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs 1983 - President Reagan signs the bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday 1988 - The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT 1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected the 1st female governor of NJ 1997 - 28th NYC Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 #clevelandbrowns #martinlutherking #titanium #baseball johnfsapp.wordpress/
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