Sunday, May 28, 2023
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1774 - The first Continental Cogress convenes in Philadelphia.
1864 - Henry H Giesy, US Union-Brigadier-General, dies in battle.
1928 - American automakers Dodge Brothers Inc and Chrysler Corp merge.
1937 - Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic.
1953 - Premiere of first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor: Melody.
1956 - US President Dwight Eisenhower signs farm bill allowing government to store agricultural surplus.
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1959 - US Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts.
1959 - Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission.
1962 - Lawsuit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York.