Day in History Archive March 28

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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in this article, there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified. All will eventually be either verified or removed.
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March 28

1747: The first in a series of letters from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson was sent regarding his experiments with electricity. 1903: Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot, who created a telegraphic code that eventually replaced Morse Code, and after whom the term "baud" is named, died. 1905: Ralph Scott received a patent for an electric arc lamp. 1923: James Dewar, inventor of the flask that bears his name, died. 1935: Robert Goddard first used gyroscopes to control a rocket. 1962: U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites. 1979: A nuclear accident occurred inside Unit Two reactor at Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, PA.