WillDekkard
03-29-2010, 04:42 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- March 29th
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* 1461 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
* 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
* 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
* 1638 Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
* 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.
* 1799 New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
* 1806 Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
* 1809 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'ιtat. 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.
* 1831 Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.
* 1847 Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
* 1849 The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
* 1857 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.
* 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Appomattox Court House begins.
* 1867 Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
* 1871 The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
* 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
* 1882 The Knights of Columbus are established.
* 1886 Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
* 1911 The M1911 .45 ACP pistol became the official U.S. Army side arm.
* 1930 Heinrich Brόning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
* 1936 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.
* 1941: The North American Radio 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 Peloponnesus coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
* 1942 The Bombing of Lόbeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
* 1945 World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
* 1951 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
* 1957 The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run.
* 1961 The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections.
* 1971 My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
* 1971 A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
* 1973 Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
* 1974 NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
* 1982 The Telegu Desam Party (India's regional political party) was established by N. T. Rama Rao.
* 1982 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.
* 1987 WrestleMania III sets a world indoor attendance record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans.
* 1993 Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and Canada's first female to be elected in a general election as a premier.
* 1999 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time ever, during the height of the internet boom.
* 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
* 2004 The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
* 2008 35 Countries & over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
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- March 29th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1461 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
* 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
* 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
* 1638 Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
* 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.
* 1799 New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
* 1806 Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
* 1809 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'ιtat. 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.
* 1831 Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.
* 1847 Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
* 1849 The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
* 1857 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.
* 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Appomattox Court House begins.
* 1867 Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
* 1871 The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
* 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
* 1882 The Knights of Columbus are established.
* 1886 Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
* 1911 The M1911 .45 ACP pistol became the official U.S. Army side arm.
* 1930 Heinrich Brόning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
* 1936 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.
* 1941: The North American Radio 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 Peloponnesus coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
* 1942 The Bombing of Lόbeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
* 1945 World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
* 1951 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
* 1957 The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run.
* 1961 The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote in presidential elections.
* 1971 My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
* 1971 A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
* 1973 Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
* 1974 NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
* 1982 The Telegu Desam Party (India's regional political party) was established by N. T. Rama Rao.
* 1982 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.
* 1987 WrestleMania III sets a world indoor attendance record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans.
* 1993 Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and Canada's first female to be elected in a general election as a premier.
* 1999 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time ever, during the height of the internet boom.
* 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
* 2004 The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
* 2008 35 Countries & over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
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