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What Happened on March 29th This Day in History

Year Name
2017 Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
2016 A United States Air Force F-16 crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The pilot ejected safely and was recovered by coalition forces, according to a U.S. military statement.
2015 Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.
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 11.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overf
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.
1951 Hypnosis murders in Copenhagen
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: The last launch site of the V-1 flying bomb in the Low Countries is captured by Allied forces, ending German strikes against targets in Belgium.
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 The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.
1930 Heinrich Brüning is appointed Reichskanzler of Germany.
1927 Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
1911 The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official side arm of the U.S. Army.
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
1920 John M. Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
1936 Mogens Camre, Danish politician (d. 2016)
1945 Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2002)
1928 Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
1949 Dave Greenfield, English musician (d. 2020)
1961 Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian
1889 Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
1962 Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
1931 Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
1948 Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
Famous People Deaths On March 29

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Date Name
1751 Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
1924 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
1980 Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
1467 Matthew Palaiologos Asen, Byzantine aristocrat and official
1800 Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
1912 Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
1999 Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
1855 Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
2016 Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
1971 Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)