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On this day March 29

2017


The United Kingdom invokes Article 50, beginning the formal process of Brexit.

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


A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.

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.

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


Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

1974


NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.

1973


Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.

1973


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

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: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.

1945


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

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


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.

1941


The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.

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.[1]

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 are 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 the Dominion of 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


Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.

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.

502


King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.

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