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Tidbits, March 28

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Pateros earns second nutrition award

A couple of months after Pateros Elementary School won a national award for good nutrition, the middle/high school is following suit.

Pateros earn a bronze award and $500 from the HealthierUS School Challenge, a voluntary certification initiative for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.

This day in history

March 28

1797: Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine.

1834: The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States.

1885: The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.

1898: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.

1908: Automobile owners lobbied the U.S. Congress, supporting a bill that called for vehicle licensing and federal registration.

1911: In New York, suffragists performed the political play "Pageant of Protest."

1917: During World War I, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded.

1921: U.S. President Warren Harding named William Howard Taft as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.

1922: Bradley A. Fiske patented a microfilm reading device.

1930: The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey.

1933: In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools.

1938: In Italy, psychiatrists demonstrated the use of electric-shock therapy for treatment of certain mental illnesses.

1941: Author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.

1947: The American Helicopter Society revealed a flying device that could be strapped to a person's body.

1962: The U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.

1986: More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.

2000: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person.
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