March 29

Wednesday 29, 2006:

Predicted total solar eclipse.

Monday 29, 2004:

The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.

Thursday 29, 2001:

A chartered Gulfstream III jet crashes into a hillside during approach into Aspen, Colorado, killing 18 people.

Monday 29, 1999:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 – above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever.

Monday 29, 1993:

Edouard Balladur becomes Prime Minister of France.

Thursday 29, 1990:

Warning label on records: recording companies agree to put a warning label on music products that contain potentially offensive lyrics.

Friday 29, 1985:

The first Care Bears Movie, produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited, is released in US theatres by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Thursday 29, 1984:

The Baltimore Colts of the NFL move to Indianapolis in the middle of the night.

Monday 29, 1982:

Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory".

Sunday 29, 1981:

First running of the London Marathon

Friday 29, 1974:

NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.

Thursday 29, 1973:

Vietnam War: The last United States soldiers leave South Vietnam.

Monday 29, 1971:

A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.

Saturday 29, 1969:

In Madrid, Spain, four different performers tie for first place at the fourteenth Eurovision Song Contest. The medals are shared by Spain's Salomé singing "Vivo cantando" (I live singing), United Kingdom's Lulu singing "Boom Bang-a-bang", Netherlands' Lenny Kuhr singing "De troubadour" (The troubadour), and France's Frida Boccara singing "Un jour, un enfant" (One day, a child...)

Wednesday 29, 1961:

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in presidential elections.

Sunday 29, 1953:

A fire at a nursing home in Largo, Florida kills 35 people.

Thursday 29, 1951:

Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

Thursday 29, 1945:

World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.

Saturday 29, 1941:

World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces intercept those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesus coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.

Saturday 29, 1930:

Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.

Wednesday 29, 1911:

The M1911 semi-automatic handgun designed by John Browning becomes the standard-issue handgun in the United States Army, and is subsequently widely used in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

Wednesday 29, 1882:

The Knights of Columbus are established.

Saturday 29, 1879:

Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.

Wednesday 29, 1871:

The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

Friday 29, 1867:

Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.

Wednesday 29, 1865:

American Civil War: Battle of Appomattox Court House begins

Thursday 29, 1849:

The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab

Wednesday 29, 1848:

An upstream ice jam stops almost all water flow over Niagara Falls.

Monday 29, 1847:

Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.

Wednesday 29, 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.

Saturday 29, 1806:

Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.

Friday 29, 1799:

New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state

Thursday 29, 1792:

King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.

Monday 29, 1638:

Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.

Friday 29, 1461:

Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.

Friday 29, 537:

Vigilius is consecrated and enthroned as Pope, replacing Silverius.

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