This day in history: March 28
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Date(s) - 28/03/2025
12:00 am - 11:59 pm
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1908
Rev. Henry Macilravy, an evangelist from Little Falls, is the spiritual adviser for Chester Gillette, the murderer of Grace Brown in the famous Adirondack tragedy. He is working with Gillette’s family to free him from execution.
1929
The single blast of the fire alarm just before noon marked the flight over Little Falls by the noted avile atrix, Amelia Earhart. Bad weather forced her to land her tiny Avro biplane in a cornfield in Marcy. She was en route to Buffalo to attend an air exposition.
1930
A large contingent of 3,500 fans from Little Falls, travelled to Syracuse to see the Wilber Crisp coached high school team defeat Cohoes 25 to 9 to win the New York State basketball championship. Splendid teamwork on the part of the purple & white, and the scoring of Beck and Kane were too much for Cohoes. Crisp and Mucica heard over the radio after the game.