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29 March, 2008

Earth Hour goes international

29 March, 2004

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.

29 March, 2004

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

29 March, 1999

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

29 March, 1993

Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and Canadas first female to be elected in a general election as a premier.

29 March, 1987

Wrestlemania III sets a World Indoor Attendance Record at the Pontiac Silverdome with 93,173 fans.

29 March, 1982

The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent by Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982

29 March, 1974

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

29 March, 1973

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

29 March, 1971

My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.

29 March, 1971

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

29 March, 1961

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

29 March, 1951

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

29 March, 1945

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

29 March, 1942

The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II was the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.

29 March, 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.

29 March, 1936

In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germanys illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.

29 March, 1930

Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.

29 March, 1886

Dr John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

29 March, 1882

The Knights of Columbus are established.

29 March, 1879

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

29 March, 1871

The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

29 March, 1867

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

29 March, 1865

American Civil War: Battle of Appomattox Court House begins.

29 March, 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.

29 March, 1849

The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.

29 March, 1847

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

29 March, 1831

Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.

29 March, 1809

King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup détat. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finlands four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.

29 March, 1806

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

29 March, 1799

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

29 March, 1792

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

29 March, 1638

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

29 March, 1632

Treaty of Saint-Germain signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.

29 March, 1549

The city of Salvador da Bahia, first capital of Brazil, is founded.

29 March, 1461

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

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