March 29rd Events |
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| March 29th, 2004 (March 29 2004) | Event | Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members. | |
| March 29th, 2004 (March 29 2004) | Event | The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. | |
| March 29th, 1999 (March 29 1999) | Event | The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 - above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever. | |
| March 29th, 1993 (March 29 1993) | Event | Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and Canada s first female to be elected in a general election as a premier. | |
| March 29th, 1987 (March 29 1987) | Event | Wrestlemania III sets a world indoor attendance record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans. | |
| March 29th, 1982 (March 29 1982) | Event | The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982. | |
| March 29th, 1974 (March 29 1974) | Event | NASA s Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973. | |
| March 29th, 1973 (March 29 1973) | Event | Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. | |
| March 29th, 1971 (March 29 1971) | Event | My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. | |
| March 29th, 1971 (March 29 1971) | Event | A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers. | Charles Manson Quotes |
| March 29th, 1961 (March 29 1961) | Event | The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections. | |
| March 29th, 1951 (March 29 1951) | Event | Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. | |
| March 29th, 1945 (March 29 1945) | Event | World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England. | |
| March 29th, 1942 (March 29 1942) | Event | The Bombing of Lubeck in World War II was the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. | |
| March 29th, 1941 (March 29 1941) | Event | World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesus coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan. | |
| March 29th, 1936 (March 29 1936) | Event | In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany s illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| March 29th, 1930 (March 29 1930) | Event | Heinrich Bruning is appointed German Reichskanzler. | |
| March 29th, 1886 (March 29 1886) | Event | Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia. | |
| March 29th, 1882 (March 29 1882) | Event | The Knights of Columbus are established. | |
| March 29th, 1879 (March 29 1879) | Event | Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. | |
| March 29th, 1871 (March 29 1871) | Event | The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria. | |
| March 29th, 1867 (March 29 1867) | Event | Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1. | |
| March 29th, 1865 (March 29 1865) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of Appomattox Court House begins. | |
| March 29th, 1857 (March 29 1857) | Event | Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and inspires a long-drawn War of Independence of 1857 also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. | |
| March 29th, 1849 (March 29 1849) | Event | The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. | |
| March 29th, 1847 (March 29 1847) | Event | Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege. | |
| March 29th, 1831 (March 29 1831) | Event | Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey. | |
| March 29th, 1809 (March 29 1809) | Event | King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d etat. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland s four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden. | Alexander Men Quotes |
| March 29th, 1806 (March 29 1806) | Event | Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. | |
| March 29th, 1799 (March 29 1799) | Event | New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state. | |
| March 29th, 1792 (March 29 1792) | Event | King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm s Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf. | |
| March 29th, 1638 (March 29 1638) | Event | Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. | |
| March 29th, 1632 (March 29 1632) | Event | Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. | |
| March 29th, 1549 (March 29 1549) | Event | The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded. | |
| March 29th, 1461 (March 29 1461) | Event | Wars of the Roses: Battle of TowtonEdward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. | |
