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March 29 in History
Historical Events on March 29
502
King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.
845
Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1430
The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
1461
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
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.
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.
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.
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'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.
1831
Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks 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 mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
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.
1867
Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1871
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
John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
1911
The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
1927
Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.[1]
1930
Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1946
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
1947
Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
1951
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
1957
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
1961
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1962
Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
1971
My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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.
1974
NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1974
Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
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.
1984
The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
2004
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2010
Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2013
At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2014
The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
2017
The United Kingdom invokes Article 50, beginning the formal process of Brexit.
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