IU East is the premier four-year and masterâs public institution in eastern Indiana and western Ohio. Offering more than 60 academic programs, it has a traditional campus in Richmond and online degree completion programs.
The Mariners played their first game on April 6, 1977, to a sold-out crowd of 57,762 at the Kingdome, losing 7â0 to the California Angels. The first home run in team history was hit on April 10, 1977, by designated hitter Juan Bernhardt.
#1 The Coast Guard was founded on August 4, 1790, after Congress commissioned the construction of ten ships to help enforce federal tariffs and prevent smuggling. #2 Alex Haley, who wrote the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots,â was the Coast Guardâs first journalist.