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What Happened on March 29th This Day in History

Year	Name
2014	The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
2013	At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2010	Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2004	Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2002	In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
1999	The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
1999	A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
1993	Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
1990	The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
1984	The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
1982	The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1974	NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1974	Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
1973	Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
1973	Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
1971	My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1962	Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
1961	The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1957	The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1951	Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1947	Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
1946	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1945	World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1945	World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
1942	The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1941	The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
1941	World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
1936	In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal remilitarization and reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
1930	Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
1927	Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1911	The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
1886	John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
1882	The Knights of Columbus is established.
1879	Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
1871	Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
1867	Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
1865	American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
1857	Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1849	The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
1847	Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1831	Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
1809	King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. 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.
1806	Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1792	King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1632	Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
1549	The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
1500	Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
1461	Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
1430	The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
845	Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

Famous People Born on March 29

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Year	Name
1561	Santorio Santorio, Italian biologist (d. 1636)
1985	Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
1960	Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
1908	Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
1988	Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
1929	Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
1553	Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1614)
1941	Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1969	Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician
1962	Ted Failon, Filipino journalist and politician

Famous People Deaths On March 29

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on March 29. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1992	Paul Henreid, American actor (b. 1908)
1629	Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
1999	Joe Williams, American jazz singer (b. 1918)
1948	Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
2004	Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
1800	Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
2013	Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
1963	Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
1912	Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
1912	Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)